title: High disease burden of diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among rural Egyptian infants and young children.
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.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. mr8u@nih.gov
authors.forename: Malla R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Remon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abu-Elyazeed
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Savarino
authors.forename: Abdollah B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Naficy
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wierzba
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abdel-Messih
authors.forename: Hind
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Frenck
authors.forename: Ann-Mari
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Svennerholm
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Clemens
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli