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 B. Jamieson†, Bruce Ciebin†, Aimin Li†, and Andrea Ellis‡
, Lawrence Price*, Rafiq Ahmed*, David L. Woodward*, Pasquale L. Melito*, Frank G. Rodgers*, Frances B. Jamieson†, Bruce Ciebin†, Aimin Li†, and Andrea Ellis‡
Table 3
Characteristics of Campylobacter strains found from cattle on farms during the outbreak
| Farm | Species | Biotypea | HS serotype | Fla-RFLP type | PFGE type using SmaI | PFGE type using KpnI | No. strains | Outbreak associated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:1 |
33 |
CASAI.0034 |
NDa |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
II |
UTa |
33 |
CASAI.0034 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
90 |
CASAI.0026 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
90 |
CASAI.0030 |
CAKNI.0024 |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
I |
O:18 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
I |
O:18,37 |
33 |
CASAI.0013 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. coli |
I |
O:26,30,34 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. coli |
I |
O:34 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:35 |
2 |
CASAI.0033 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:35 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 2 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
1 |
CASAI.0001 |
CAKNI.0001 |
1 |
Yes |
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
1 |
CASAI.0004 |
CAKNI.0001 |
2 |
Yes |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
1 |
CASAI.0004 |
CAKNI.0005 |
1 |
Yes |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
1 |
ND |
ND |
3 |
Yes |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
2 |
Yes |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
1 |
ND |
ND |
2 |
Yes |
|
| C. jejuni |
hipp. neg. |
O:2 |
34 |
CASAI.0003 |
CAKNI.0003 |
2 |
Yes |
|
| 3 |
C. jejuni |
III |
O:38 |
74 |
CASAI.0005 |
CAKNI.0006 |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
III |
O:4 complex |
95 |
CASAI.0006 |
CAKNI.0007 |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
III |
O:13,50,65 |
95 |
CASAI.0006 |
CAKNI.0007 |
1 |
No |
|
| 5 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:1 |
97 |
CASAI.0007 |
CAKNI.0008 |
1 |
No |
| 6 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
6 |
CASAI.0017 |
ND |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:18 |
33 |
CASAI.0014 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 7 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
93 |
CASAI.0016 |
ND |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
93 |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
90 |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:13 |
93 |
CASAI.0007 |
CAKNI.0009 |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:13,O64 |
93 |
CASAI.0015 |
CAKNI.0028 |
1 |
No |
|
| 8 |
C. coli |
I |
O:25 |
73 |
CASAI.0019 |
ND |
2 |
No |
| C. coli |
I |
O:34 |
98 |
CASAI.0018 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 9 |
C. coli |
I |
O:34 |
36 |
CASAI.0020 |
CAKNI.0025 |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:11 |
ND |
ND |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
UT |
52 |
UT |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 10 |
C. jejuni |
I |
O:11 |
91 |
CASAI.0031 |
CAKNI.0027 |
1 |
No |
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:4 complex |
6 |
CASAI.0022 |
CAKNI.0029 |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
O:35 |
2 |
CASAI.0021 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
II |
UT |
2 |
CASAI.0021 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 12 |
C. jejuni |
II |
O:2 |
101 |
CASAI.0025 |
ND |
1 |
No |
| C. coli |
I |
O:34 |
36 |
CASAI.0024 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| C. jejuni |
I |
O:35 |
2 |
CASAI.0023 |
ND |
1 |
No |
|
| 14 | C. jejuni | II | O:2 | 1 | ND | ND | 1 | No |
aHS, heat-stable; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism; PFGE, pulsed field gel electrophoresis; ND, not determined; UT, untypeable.
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