Table 1 Prevalence of enteric pathogens isolated from stool samples
(n=1198) n (%) | |
|---|---|
Pathogens isolated | |
Vibrio cholerae total | 509 (42.5) |
O1 | 493 (41.2) |
O139 | 0 (0) |
Non-O1/O139 | 16 (1.3) |
Shigella spp. total | 24 (2.0) |
S. boydii | 0 (0) |
S. dysenteriae | 2 (0.2) |
S. flexneri | 17 (1.4) |
S. sonnei | 5 (0.4) |
Other/undefined | 2 (0.2) |
Campylobacter spp. total | 76 (6.3) |
Aeromonas spp. total | 363 (30.3) |
A. caviae | 5 (0.4) |
A. hydrophila | 247 (20.6) |
A. sobria | 41 (3.4) |
Other/undefined | 70 (5.8) |
Salmonella spp. total | 40 (3.3) |
Serogroup A | 0 (0) |
Serogroup B | 19 (1.6) |
Serogroup C | 12 (1.0) |
Serogroup D | 2 (0.2) |
Serogroup E | 3 (0.3) |
Other/undefined | 2 (0.2) |
Other organisms total | 13 (1.1) |
Multiple pathogens totala | 173 (14.4) |