High Disease Burden of Diarrhea Due to Enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> 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.