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
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) |