Table 6 The detection of pathogenic strains of E. coli in the water sources used by the health care clinics
E. coli pathotypes detected in water samples | Number of water samples containing this pathogenic strain | Vhembe sub-Districts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Makhado | Thulamela | Mutale | Musina | ||
Outside tap water samples | |||||
 EAEC | 75% (12/16) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
 ETEC | 75% (12/16) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
 EPEC | 50% (8/16) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
 EHEC | 25% (4/16) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 EIEC | 0% (0/24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inside tap water samples | |||||
 ETEC | 100% (8/8) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
 EPEC | 88% (7/8) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
 EAEC | 75% (6/8) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
 EHEC | 38% (3/8) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 EIEC | 0% (0/8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |