Prevalence and Incidence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics. |
Prevelance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli discussion:
Unknown; very few laboratories
can identify these organisms. Enterotoxigenic E. coli are
the most common cause of travelers’ diarrhea and have caused
several foodborne outbreaks in the United States. There are
an estimated 79,420 cases of ETEC in the United States each
year. EPEC and EIEC primarily infect children in the developing
world. Enteroaggregative E. coli probably cause chronic
diarrhea in HIV-infected patients.1
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli: DBMD
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