. 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^†
Enteropathogens^*	0-11 months	12-23 months	24-59 months	p-value^†
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