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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Research

Use of Genomics to Investigate Historical Importation of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Serogroup O26 and Nontoxigenic Variants into New Zealand

A. Springer Browne1Comments to Author , Patrick J. Biggs, David A. Wilkinson, Adrian L. Cookson, Anne C. Midwinter, Samuel J. Bloomfield, C. Reed Hranac, Lynn E. Rogers, Jonathan C. Marshall, Jackie Benschop, Helen Withers, Steve Hathaway, Tessy George, Patricia Jaros, Hamid Irshad, Yang Fong, Muriel Dufour, Naveena Karki, Taylor Winkleman, and Nigel P. French
Author affiliations: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (A.S. Browne, P.J. Biggs, D.A. Wilkinson, A.L. Cookson, A.C. Midwinter, S.J. Bloomfield, C.R. Hranac, L.E. Rogers, J.C. Marshall, J. Benschop, T. George, P. Jaros, H. Irshad, Y. Fong, T. Winkleman, N.P. French); New Zealand Food Safety Science & Research Centre, Palmerston North (D.A. Wilkinson, N.P. French); AgResearch Limited, Palmerston North (A.L. Cookson); Ministry of Primary Industries, Wellington, New Zealand (H. Withers, S. Hathaway); Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (M. Dufour, N. Karki)

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Table 1

Summary of 404 Escherichia coli serogroup O26 isolates in an investigation of the bacterium’s historical importation into New Zealand

Country
 stx Profile
Sequence type
Source
stx1
 stx2
 stx1 and stx2
 No stx
 ST21
 ST29
 Other
 Human
 Bovine
 Food
 Other animal
Australia, n = 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Belgium, n = 24 20 1 2 1 20 1 3 16 8 0 0
Continental Europe,* n = 21 3 13 2 3 6 13 2 19 2 0 0
Japan, n = 94 70 8 11 5 88 5 1 77 16 0 1
New Zealand, n = 152 104 0 0 48 136 16 0 32 120 0 0
Other North America,† n = 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0
United Kingdom, n = 29 10 7 8 4 25 3 1 28 1 0 0
United States, n = 79 60 9 5 5 66 10 3 45 27 4 3
Total, n = 404 271 38 28 67 345 48 11 220 174 5 5

*Denmark, n = 1; France, n = 9; Germany, n = 6; Italy, n = 1; Norway, n = 2; Poland, n = 1; Switzerland, n = 1.
†Canada, n = 3; Mexico, n = 1.

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1Current affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Christiansted, Virgin Islands, USA.

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