Research Article

Prevalence of Virulence Genes Associated with Diarrheagenic Pathotypes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Water, Sediment, Fish, and Crab in Aby Lagoon, Côte d’Ivoire

Table 3

Prevalence of E. coli pathotypes.

SourceFrequency (%)Total
WaterSedimentFishCrab

Pathotype groups
EPEC00000
EHEC5 (8%)1 (2%)006 (10%)
EAEC00000
ETEC37 (60%)18 (29%)01 (2%)56 (90%)
Total 42 (68%)19 (31%)01 (2%)62 (100%)