Table 4 occurrence of virulence genes of some NTS isolates (n = 36 strains)
Virulence genes S. Serovars | No. of tested strains | invA | stn | spvC | hilA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
S. enteritidis | 4 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 |
S. typhimurium | 4 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 100 |
S. infantis | 4 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 100 |
S. tsevie | 4 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 |
S. larochelle | 4 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 100 |
S. virchow | 3 | 3 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
S. Haifa | 3 | 3 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
S. molade | 3 | 3 | 100 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 3 | 100 |
S. heidelberg | 2 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
S. essen | 2 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
S. shubra | 1 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
S. alfort | 1 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. apeyeme | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
Total | 36 | 36 | 100 | 26 | 72.22 | 11 | 30.56 | 34 | 94.44 |