High disease burden of diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among rural Egyptian infants and young children

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct;41(10):4862-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4862-4864.2003.

Abstract

The incidence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea among Egyptian children was 1.5 episodes per child per year and accounted for 66% of all first episodes of diarrhea after birth. The incidence increased from 1.7 episodes per child per year in the first 6 months of life to 2.3 in the second 6 months and declined thereafter.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Egypt / epidemiology
  • Enterotoxins / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Proteins*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Rural Population*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • heat stable toxin (E coli)
  • heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli