Table 1

Number of faecal samples from which verotoxin-positive O157:H7 was isolated from a total of 3071 samples tested, and their corresponding virulence genes as determined by PCR.
Number of isolates
 % of total number of sampled animals
 vtx1
 vtx2
 eaeA
 EHEC hlyA
 fliC
1
 0.03
 +
 -
 +
 +
 +
21
 0.68
 -
 +
 +
 +
 +
15
 0.49
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
37
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Albihn et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2003 44:43   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-44-43