Table 5.
Frequencies of virulence genes among DEC pathotypes and their relationship with HIV status
| Pathotype | Gene | Frequency | X2 P- value | |
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| HIV-positive (N=68), n (%) |
HIV-negative (N=267), n (%) |
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| ETEC | LT1 | 0 | 9 | 0.744 |
| ST1 | 0 | 4 | 0.293 | |
| ST2 | 0 | 3 | 0.309 | |
| EHEC | VT1 | 0 | 4 | 0.744 |
| VT2 | 0 | 6 | 0.148 | |
| VT2e | 0 | 0 | - | |
| CDEC | CNF1 | 2 | 0 | 0.015 |
| CNF2 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Total | 2 (3) | 26 (10) | 0.0662 | |