Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae diarrhea, Bangladesh, 2004

• Flooding in Dhaka in July 2004 caused epidemics of diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was almost as prevalent as Vibrio cholerae O1 in diarrheal stools. ETEC that produced heat-stable enterotoxin alone was most prevalent, and 78% of strains had colonization factors. Like V. cholerae O1, ETEC can cause epidemic diarrhea.

Keyword

Adolescent

Bangladesh/epidemiology

Child

Child

Preschool

Cholera/*epidemiology

Diarrhea/epidemiology/microbiology

Disease Outbreaks

Escherichia coli Infections/*epidemiology

Female

Humans

Infant

Male

Natural Disasters

Water Microbiology

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)