Assessment of the Presence of Resistance Genes Detected from the Environment and Selected Food Products in Benin

Table 1

Distribution of samples according to their nature and origin.

Sample origin	Type of sample	Location	Positive samples
Community kitchens	Cloth	Abomey-Calavi	6
	Sink	Abomey-Calavi	12
	Bench	Abomey-Calavi	3
	Sponge	Abomey-Calavi	6
	Soap	Abomey-Calavi	3
Sediments/muds	Sediment of waste water (from Kpahou’s farm)	Ouidah	3
	Gutter sediment	Abomey-Calavi street	6
	Lake sediment	Abomey-Calavi market	6
	Mud	Grand-Popo market	3
	Sediment of little beach	Grand-Popo	6
	Sinangourou bridge waste water’s sediment	Sinangourou, Parakou	1
	Sewage sediment from the Sabari drainage canal	Sabari, Djougou	2
	Drainage canal crossing Abomey	Goho, Abomey	1
	Drainage canal crossing Bohicon	Bohicon	1
	Drainage canal crossing Tindji	Tindji	1
Sewage	Water from River	Grand-Popo	3
	Sewage from market	Abomey-Calavi	3
	Sewage from market	Dantokpa (Cotonou)	3
	Sewage from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Sewage from University of Abomey-Calavi	Abomey-Calavi	3
	Sinangourou bridge’s waste water	Parakou, Sinangourou	1
	Waste water drainage system crossing Djougou	Sabari, Djougou	2
Feces of animals	Feces of cattle from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Feces of pig from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Feces of chicken from market	Grand-Popo	3
Foods	Crabs from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Leafy vegetable from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Fresh shrimp from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Dried fishes from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Fresh tomatoes from market	Grand-Popo	3
	Fresh shrimp from market	Dantokpa (Cotonou)	3
	Dried fishes from market	Dantokpa (Cotonou)	3
	Fermented fishes from market	Dantokpa (Cotonou)	3
	Fresh tomatoes from market	Dantokpa (Cotonou)	3
	Fresh tomatoes from market	Djougou	4
	Dried fishes from market	Abomey	3
	Leafy vegetable from market	Parakou	4
	Soja cheese	Bohicon	5
Total			130