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

This study was conducted to characterize virulence genes of isolates from water, sediment, fish, and crab in Aby Lagoon. Serogrouping was performed by EPEC antisera in 113 strains. The presence of diarrhea-associated genes and was assessed by multiplex PCR using specific primers.