Table 2 Distribution of virulence genes among the E. coli and Salmonella spp.
Bacterial Strain | Number of isolate | Virulence genes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | fliC | invA | sefA | aggR | eaeA | EAST | LT | ST | virA |
Salmonella spp. (case) | 119 | 15 | 105 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
Salmonella (control) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
E coli (case) | 90 | ND | ND | ND | 13 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
E coli (control) | 85 | ND | ND | ND | 10 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |