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Table 2 Prevalence of DEC in children with MSD enrolled between December, 2007 and October, 2011

From: Low frequency of enterohemorrhagic, enteroinvasive and diffusely adherent Escherichia coli in children under 5 years in rural Mozambique: a case-control study

Pathotype

0–11 months

12–23 months

24–59 months

 

Cases n = 71 (%)

Controls n = 95 (%)

Cases n = 34 (%)

Controls n = 42 (%)

Cases n = 13 (%)

Controls n = 17 (%)

EIEC

4 (7.4)

7 (5.6)

2 (5.9)

2 (4.8)

1 (7.7)

1 (5.9)

DAEC

6 (8.4)

8 (8.4)

0

3 (7.1)

1 (7.7)

3 (17.6)

EHEC

1 (1.4)

1 (1)

0

0

0

1 (5.9)

  1. No significant difference on frequency of diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes was found between cases and controls (p > 0.05)