[Determination of genotype variation of Escherichia coli in well water of Tehran's parks by multiplex PCR]

ABSTRACT

Background and Aim: Water plays a major role in public health and the contaminated water has direct effect on human health. E.coli is an indicator of water pollution; different strains of E.coli such as ETEC, EHEC, EIEC and EPEC can cause diarrhea in children. The aim of this study is to investigate the contamination rate of well water of Tehran's parks, and pathotyping E.coli strains which cause diarrhea