In developing countries diarrheal disease is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in children, with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) being the most common enteropathogen ...

coli infection could be detected. 20. Enterocolitis. Enterotoxigenic E. coli that produce toxins, cause the secretion and retention of fluids in some intestinal loops and especially in the caeca.

Enteric infections cause more than a billion disease episodes per year worldwide and claim nearly two million lives each year, mainly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The global burden of ...

ETEC = enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; LT = heat-labile toxin; ST = heat-stable toxin. *Data is derived from a review of publications, from 1966 to 1999, issued by the World Health Organization ...