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. 2001 Aug;69(8):5107–5114. doi: 10.1128/IAI.69.8.5107-5114.2001

TABLE 2.

stx gene carriage in E. coli O157 strains

Source % of strains positive by PCR (no. positive/total)
stx1 stx2 stx2c stx1stx2 stx1stx2c stx2stx2c stx1stx2stx2c No stx genes
Bovine 3.3 (1/30)b 3.3 (1/30) 0 10.0 (3/30) 0 60.0 (18/30) 13.3 (4/30) 10.0 (3/30)
Human 10.0 (4/21) 33.3 (7/21) 9.5 (2/21) 0 0 28.6 (6/21) 9.5 (2/21) 0