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Table 1 Salmonella Serovars isolated from human clinical and fecal sludge samples.

From: Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella among humans in Ghana

 

Sample types

 

Serovar

Stoola

Fecal sludgeb

Blooda

Blood/stoolc

No. of isolates (%)

S. Agona

 

1

  

1 (0.7)

S. Bredeney

 

1

1

 

2 (1.5)

S. Colindale

3

 

1

 

4 (2.9)

S. Derby

 

12

  

12 (8.8)

S. Dublin

  

3

2

5 (3.7)

S. Eastbourne

  

1

 

1 (0.7)

S. 4, 5, 12: i:-

 

1

 

1

2 (1.5)

S. 4, 12; -:1, 2

1

   

1 (0.7)

S. 9, 12: -:-

   

5

5 (3.7)

S. 8, 20: g, m:-

1

   

1 (0.7)

S. Enteritidis

1

4

9

40

54 (39.4)

S. Enugu

1

   

1 (0.7)

S. Ituri

1

 

1

 

2 (1.5)

S. Kaapstad

 

1

  

1 (0.7)

S. Oakland

   

1

1(0.7)

S. Oranienburg

   

1

1 (0.7)

S. Poona

2

   

2(1.5)

S. Senftenberg

 

1

  

1 (0.7)

S. Suberu

 

1

 

1

2 (1.5)

S. Typhimurium

2

3

18

10

33 (24.1)

S. Virchow

1

 

1

2

4 (2.9)

S. spp. (rough strain)

 

1

  

1 (0.7)

Total

13

26

35

63

137 (100)

  1. aBlood and stool prospectively collected from patients at the two hospitals
  2. bFecal sludge collected from public toilets in slum communities
  3. cBlood and stool retrospectively collected from patients at the Korle Bu teaching hospital