Table 2 Prevalence of examined genes for fimbriae and toxins among 339 isolates of E. coli recovered from pigs with PWD across Europe
Country and number of isolates tested | Percentage (number) of positive E. coli isolatesa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fimbriae | Toxins | ||||||||
F4 | F5 | F6 | F18 | F41 | LT | STa | STb | Stx2e | |
Belgium and The Netherlands (n = 100) | 51.0 (51) | 1.0 (1) | 1.0 (1) | 42.0 (42) | - | 14.0 (14) | 22.0 (22) | 30.0 (30) | 5.0 (5) |
France (n = 91) | 47.3 (43) | - | - | 35.2 (32) | - | 45.1 (41) | 40.7 (37) | 76.9 (70) | 19.8 (18) |
Germany (n = 64) | 14.1 (9) | - | - | 14.1 (9) | - | 9.4 (6) | 26.6 (17) | 57.8 (37) | 3.1 (2) |
Italy (n = 84) | 59.3 (50) | 1.2 (1) | 1.2 (1) | 38.1 (32) | 1.2 (1) | 56.0 (47) | 63.1 (53) | 71.4 (60) | 9.5 (8) |
All countries (n = 339) | 45.1 (153) | 0.6 (2) | 0.6 (2) | 33.9 (115) | 0.3 (1) | 31.9 (108) | 38.1 (129) | 59.1 (197) | 9.7 (33) |