TABLE 5.
Distribution of virulence-associated genes among non-O1/non-O139 V. cholerae isolates listed by source
Brazilian source | n | Virulence-associated gene-positive isolatesa
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ctxA |
hlyA
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stn/sto | ompU |
tcpA
|
tcpI | toxR | zot | |||||
ET | C | ET | C | ETC | ||||||||
Mussels | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Seawater | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Sediment | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Wastewater | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
Total | 39 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 39 | 0 |
C, Classical; ETC, both ET and Classical.