Table 2. Organisms that caused diarrhea and corresponding travel regions.
Organisms | Southeast Asia | South Asia | Africa | East Asia | Central and South America | Central and West Asia | Oceania | Europe | North America |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case Numbers | 498 | 128 | 120 | 75 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
Pathogenic organism unknown | 377 | 102 | 106 | 61 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
(76%) | (80%) | (88%) | (81%) | (92%) | (80%) | (79%) | (88%) | (94%) | |
Bacteria (total cases) | 105 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Enteroinvasive E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enteropathogenic E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Plesiomonas shigelloides | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vibrio parahaemolyticus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vibrio cholerae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salmonella spp. | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shigella spp. | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Campylobacter spp. | 70 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Viruses (total cases) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norovirus | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rotavirus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Protoza (total cases) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cryptosporidium spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Giardia lamblia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Entamoeba histolytica | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |