High disease burden of diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among rural Egyptian infants and young children
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 41, No. 10, Year 2003
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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.