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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):1156–1163. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000427

Table 3.

Detection frequency of enteropathogens among children with diarrhea by age group (N=337 samples)

Enteropathogens* Age group
p-value
0-11 months 12-23 months 24-59 months
Norovirus 34.8% (16/46) 22.6% (23/102) 15.7% (29/185) 0.038
Sapovirus 10.9% (5/46) 19.4% (20/103) 16.6% (31/187) 0.52
Rotavirus 2.1% (1/47) 2.9% (3/103) 7.5% (14/187) 0.50
Adenovirus 2.1% (1/47) 1.0% (1/103) 2.1% (4/187) 1.00
EPEC 10.6% (5/47) 14.6% (15/103) 9.6% (18/187) 0.41
ETEC 4.3% (2/47) 8.7% (9/103) 8.0% (15/187) 1.00
EAEC 8.5% (4/47) 3.9% (4/103) 2.1% (4/187) 0.097
EHEC 2.1% (1/47) 3.9% (4/103) 2.7% (5/187) 1.00
Entamoeba histolytica/ dispar 8.5% (4/47) 5.8% (6/103) 9.6% (18/187) 0.35
Giardia lamblia 4.3% (2/47) 2.9% (3/103) 11.8% (22/187) 0.035
Cryptosporidium 2.1% (1/47) 1.9% (2/103) 0.5% (1/187) 1.00
Co-infections 23.4% (11/47) 19.4% (20/103) 24.6% (46/187) 0.26
*

Salmonella, Shigella, and Campylobacter spp. each with one infection among children during study and are not included on this table.

For comparison between age groups using Fisher’s exact testing. p=0.022 for comparison of norovirus prevalence between <2 years of age and 2-5 years of age, p=0.013 for comparison of Giardia lamblia prevalence between <2 years of age and 2-5 years of age.

EPEC=enteropathogenic E.coli; ETEC=enterotoxigenic E.coli; EAEC=enteroaggregative E.coli; EHEC=enterohemorrhagic E.coli