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Table 1 Prevalence of STEC in swine samples

From: Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy pigs in China

Sample location (city/province)

No. of samples

Type of samples (N, %)

stx positive samples (N, %)

Samples with STEC isolates (N, %)

STEC isolates (N, %)

Beijing

523

SC (248, 24.73)

SC (30, 8.55)

SC (3, 0.85)

SC (7, 1.99)

CC (275, 27.42)

CC (139, 42.64)

CC (36, 11.04)

CC (57, 17.48)

Chongqing

326

F (326, 32.50)

F (63, 19.33)

F (17, 5.21)

F (23, 7.06)

Guizhou

154

SC (103, 10.27)

SC (8, 2.28)

SC (4, 1.14)

SC (4, 1.14)

CC (51, 5.08)

CC (15, 4.60)

CC (2, 0.61)

CC (2, 0.61)

Total

1003

SC (351, 35.00)

SC (38, 10.83)

SC (7, 1.99)

SC (11, 3.13)

CC (326, 32.50)

CC (154, 47.24)

CC (38, 11.66)

CC (59, 18.09)

  

F (326, 32.50)

F (63, 19.33)

F (17, 5.21)

F (23, 7.06)

  1. Sample codes: F, fecal samples; CC, colon contents samples; SC, small intestine contents samples. The number (N) and rate (%) are showed in the parentheses.