Table 1.
Distribution pattern of virulence genes detection among case and control under five children in Kano.
| Population | Case subjects | Control subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene |
BGH (Nb = 58) n (%) |
MMSH (Nm = 71) n (%) |
WGH (Nw = 86) n (%) |
Total (Nd = 215) n (%) |
Control (Nc = 33) n (%) |
| aggR +Ve | 38 (65.52) | 20 (28.17) | 52 (60.47)* | 110 (51.2) | 12 (36.36) |
| eae +Ve | 11 (18.97) | 12 (16.90) | 12 (13.95) | 35 (16.28) | 14 (42.42) |
| bfpA +Ve | 2 (3.45) | 3 (4.23) | 4 (4.65) | 9 (4.19) | 1 (3.03) |
| elt +Ve | 7 (12.07) | 15 (21.13) | 13 (15.12) | 35 (16.28) | 3 (9.09) |
| est +Ve | 6 (10.34) | 20 (28.17) | 11 (12.79)* | 37 (17.21) | 1 (3.03)# |
| ehxA +Ve | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.41) | 1 (1.16) | 2 (0.93) | 0 (0.0) |
BGH, Bichi General Hospital; MMSH, Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital; WGH, Wudil General Hospital; +Ve, Positive; Nd, Total Number of Case children; Nc, Total Number of Control children; Nb, Nm, and Nw, Total Number of E. coli screened for Virulence gene in BGH, MMSH, and WGH, respectively,
*
P < 0.05 within diarrheic group,
#
p < 0.05 between diarrheic and non- diarrheic group.