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Table 5 Detection of two PCR products from the pTet plasmid in Walkerton outbreak investigation strains

From: Genomic insights from whole genome sequencing of four clonal outbreak Campylobacter jejuni assessed within the global C. jejuni population

Isolate characterization

Detection of virulence plasmid PCR products

Total isolates

Both PCR products

cpp50tetO

virB4rcvap

No plasmid

Walkerton human, CC ST-21

110

16 (15%)

0

3 (3%)

91 (83%)

Walkerton human, not CC ST-21

14

1 (7%)

2 (14%)

2 (14%)

9 (64%)

Walkerton bovine, CC ST-21

22

14 (64%)

0

3 (14%)

5 (23%)

Walkerton bovine, not CC ST-21

20

2 (10%)

0

1 (5%)

17 (85%)

Non-Walkerton human, CC ST-21

10

9 (90%)

0

1 (10%)

0

Non-Walkerton human, not CC ST-21

4

0

0

0

4 (100%)

Non-Walkerton animal, CC ST-21

5

2 (40%)

0

0

3 (60%)

Non-Walkerton animal, non CC ST-21

8

4 (50%)

0

0

4 (50%)

C. coli

Total

193

48

2

10

133