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Table 6 Number of serotype commonly found in human listeriosis cases (1/2a, 1/2b, 4b) lysed by various phage groups

From: Isolation and relationship analysis of Listeria phages with various serotype hosts and morphological characterization

Phage group

Number of sensitive serotypes

Number (proportion) of phages from FE

Number (proportion) of phages from NE

Number(proportion) of total phages

BHRP

3

8 (100.00%)

25 (100.00%)

33 (100.00%)

MHRP

1

1 (2.56%)

7 (4.24%)

8 (3.92%)

2

3 (7.69%)

29 (17.58%)

32 (15.69%)

3

35 (89.74%)

129 (78.18%)

164 (80.39%)

NHRP

1

4 (50.00%)

13 (27.08%)

17 (30.36%)

2

1 (12.50%)

23 (47.92%)

24 (42.86%)

3

3 (37.50%)

12 (25.00%)

15 (26.79%)

  1. Proportion = (Number of phages lysing the corresponding number of host strains / total number of phages from a specific source in BHRP, MHRP, or NHRP) * 100%. FE, food-related environment; NE, natural environment.
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