Table 3. Distributions of different DEC pathotypes identified from diarrheic and non-diarrheic children under age five in Addis Ababa and Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
| DEC Pathotypes | Diarrheic | Non-diarrheic | Total diarrheic | Total non-diarrheic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA (n = 95) | DB (n = 64) | Total (n = 159) | AA (n = 12) | DB (n = 12) | Total (n = 24) | (n = 391) | (n = 85) | |
| EPEC (eae+) | 14.7% | 18.8% | 16.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 6.6% | 2.3% |
| ETEC (lt+) | 12.6% | 23.4% | 17% | 25% | 33.3% | 29.2% | 6.9% | 8.2% |
| ETEC (st+) | 3.2% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.8% | 0% |
| ETEC (st+lt+) | 2.1% | 0% | 1.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.51% | 0% |
| EIEC (virF+ipaH+) | 15.8% | 9.4% | 13.2% | 16.7% | 0% | 8.3% | 5.4% | 2.3% |
| EAEC (aggR+) | 11.6% | 18.8% | 14.5% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 5.9% | 2.3% |
| EAEC (astA+) | 6.3% | 9.4% | 7.5% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| EAEC (aggR+astA+) | 24.2% | 12.5% | 8.2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7.9% | 0% |
| STEC (eae+stx+) | 1.1% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.78% | 0% |
| DAEC (daaF+) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8.3% | 4.2% | 0% | 1.2% |
| Hybrid | 8.4% | 4.7% | 6.9% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
DEC, Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; EPEC, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; ETEC, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; EIEC, Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli; EAEC, Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; STEC, Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli; DAEC, Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli; AA, Addis Ababa; DB, Debre Berhan