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Table 2 Prevalence of aggR, stx1 and stx2 genes in sweep samples and prevalence of aggR, stx1, stx2, wzx O104 and fliC H4 genes in E. coli isolated from chicken faecal samples and human rectal swabs

From: Colonization of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in chickens and humans in southern Vietnam

Subject No. of positive samples (%) No. of positive E. coli / No. of E. coli investigated (%)
aggR stx1 stx2 aggR stx1 stx2 wzx O104 fliC H4
Chicken farm (N = 188) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 0 0/4 0/5 ND 0/9 1/9 (11.1)
Farmer (N = 186) 12 (6.5) 7 (3.8) 1 (0.5) 16a/55 (29.1) 1/29 (3.4) 0/4 1/88 (1.1) 12/88 (13.6)
Rural individual (N = 182) 13 (7.1) 3 (1.6) 1 (0.5) 16b/58 (27.6) 0/13 0/4 0/75 5/75 (6.7)
Urban individual (N = 90) 6 (6.7) 1 (1.1) 0 2c/27 (7.4) 0/6 ND 0/33 1/33 (3.0)
  1. ND not done
  2. a aggR-positive E. coli were isolated from samples of 7 farmers
  3. b aggR-positive E. coli were isolated from samples of 7 rural individuals
  4. c aggR-positive E. coli were isolated from sample of 1 urban individual
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BMC Microbiology

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