Open AccessDETECTION OF DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI IN HUMAN DIARRHEIC STOOL AND DRINKING WATER SAMPLES IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
Author(s) -
Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou,
Namwin Siourimè Somda,
Oumar Traoré,
Barthelemy Sibiri Zoma,
Zakaria Garba,
Koiné Maxime Drabo,
Nicolas Barro
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
african journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2505-0419
pISSN - 2006-0165
DOI - 10.21010/ajid.v15i1.7
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , diarrhea , microbiology and biotechnology , enteropathogenic escherichia coli , enteroaggregative escherichia coli , escherichia , feces , veterinary medicine , biology , polymerase chain reaction , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , enterotoxin , biochemistry , gene
The presence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in drinking water, is a grave public health problem. This study was aimed at characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from drinking water and faecal samples from diarrheic patients in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.