Prevalence of Escherichia coli in Under-Five Children with Diarrhea in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of selected studies reporting the prevalence of Escherichia coli in different parts of Ethiopia, from 1970 to 2019.

Study	Quality score	Publication year	Region	Study area	Sample size	Detection method	Prevalence of E. coli (%)
Wadstrom et al. [22]	7	1976	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	354	Serotyping and enterotoxin test	37
Thoren et al. [21]	6	1982		Addis Ababa	175	Serotyping and enterotoxin test	28
Geyid et al. [31]	5	1998		Addis Ababa	108	DNA probe	58
Asrat [19]	5	2001		Addis Ababa	345	Serotyping	20.8
Mamuye et al. [32]	5	2015		Addis Ababa	253	Culture	24.1
Zenebe [23]	5	2018		Addis Ababa	98	Culture	59.2
Zenebe [23]	5	2018		Addis Ababa	98	Culture	25.5
GebreSilasie et al. [33]	5	2018		Addis Ababa	253	Culture	24.1
Zelelie et al. [17]	5	2019	Amhara	Debre Berhan	163	Culture	62.7
Adugna et al. [18]	6	2015		Bahr Dar	422	Serotyping	48.3