Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Research
Characterization of Waterborne Outbreak–associated Campylobacter jejuni, Walkerton, Ontario
Clifford G. Clark*
, Lawrence Price*, Rafiq Ahmed*, David L. Woodward*, Pasquale L. Melito*, Frank G. Rodgers*, Frances Jamieson†, Bruce Ciebin†, Aimin Li†, and Andrea Ellis‡
, Lawrence Price*, Rafiq Ahmed*, David L. Woodward*, Pasquale L. Melito*, Frank G. Rodgers*, Frances Jamieson†, Bruce Ciebin†, Aimin Li†, and Andrea Ellis‡Table 1
Tests used for analysis of Campylobacter isolates from Bruce-Grey county Ontario, Spring 2000a
| Test | No. strains tested | No. types obtained | No. types outbreak associated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species |
175 |
2 |
1 |
| Biotype |
175 |
5 |
3 |
| HS serotype |
175 |
14 |
3 |
| Fla-RFLP type |
115 |
22 |
7 |
| Phage type |
175 |
27 |
14 |
| HL serotype |
175 |
29 |
13 |
| PFGE type (SmaI) |
83 |
30 |
6 |
| PFGE type (KpnI) | 65 | 17 | 4 |
aHS, heat-stable; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism; HL, heat-labile; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
