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Table 1 Samples from environmental sources in Uganda examined for mycobacteria

From: Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from pastoral ecosystems of Uganda: Public Health significance

Sample type

Sample subtype

No. of samples

No. (%) of isolates

Water

Household drinking

130

17 (13.1)

 

Valley dam

36

3 (8.3)

 

Stream water

20

2 (10.0)

Subtotal

 

186

22 (11.8)

Soil

Pig shelter

25

5 (20.0)

 

Cattle kraal

19

4 (21.1)

 

Water source

47

14 (29.8)

Subtotal

 

91

23 (25.3)

Animal faeces

Pigs

18

1 (5.6)

 

Cattle

13

2 (15.4)

 

Wild birds

2

0 (0)

Subtotal

 

33

3 (9.1)

Grand Total

 

310

48 (15.5)