Table 1 Cattle farms implicated in transmission of VTEC O157 from cattle to humans in Sweden between 1996 and 2002
Farm no | Year | County | Presence of vtxgenes | Phage type | Type of farm | Connected cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vtx 1 | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | ||||||
1 | 1996 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
2 | 1997 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm including fattening pigs | 1 child | |
3 | 1997 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Visiting farm, petting zoo | 3 children | |
4 | 1997 | Sörmland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
5 | 1997 | Älvsborg | vtx 1 | vtx 2c | 20/RDNC | Beef-producing farm | 1 adult | |
6 | 1998 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Beef-producing farm | 1 child | |
7 | 1998 | Skaraborg | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
8 | 1998 | Älvsborg | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 2 | Beef-producing farm | 1 child | |
9 | 1999 | Bohuslän | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Beef-producing farm | 1 child* | |
10 | 1999 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Beef- producing farm including piglet production | 1 child | |
11 | 1999 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 adult | |
12 | 2001 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 adult | |
13 | 2001 | Skåne | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
14 | 2001 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
15 | 2001 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child, 1 adult | |
16 | 2002 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Beef-producing farm including fattening pigs | 1 child | |
17 | 2002 | V-götland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |
18 | 2002 | Halland | vtx 2 | vtx 2c | 4 | Dairy farm | 1 child | |