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 4

Prevalence of virulence genes.

Pathotype groups	Frequency
	ETEC			EHEC
Genes	elt	est	elt + est	stx	stx + est	stx + elt
Source
Water	20 (32%)	31 (50%)	12 (19%)	5 (8%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)
Sediment	13 (21%)	14 (22%)	9 (14%)	1 (2%)	0	0
Crab	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)	0	0	0
Total	34 (55%)	46 (74%)	24 (35%)	6 (10%)	1 (2%)	1 (2%)