. 2005 Jul;18(3):465–483. doi: 10.1128/CMR.18.3.465-483.2005

TABLE 1.

Enterotoxin profiles and presence of colonization factors in enterotoxigenic E. coli strains isolated from symptomatic children in different regions of the world^a

Parameter	Bangladesh	Mexico	Peru	Egypt	Argentina	India	Nicaragua
Prevalence of ETEC (% of subjects)	18	33	7.4	20	18.3	12-24	38
Toxin profile (% of subjects)
ST	50	19	31	53	40	32	32
LT/ST	25	57	13	34	7	27	49
LT	25	41	56	13	53	41	19
Prevalence of CF (%)	56^b	21	NT	24	55	76	61
No. of subjects tested	435^a, 662^b	75^c	377^d	242^e, 211^f	145^g	1,220^h	235ⁱ

Data are from Bangladesh (24[a], 132[b]), Mexico (38[c]), Peru (19[d]), Egypt (1[e], 139[f]), Argentina (207[g]), India (180[h]), and Nicaragua (126[i]). NT, not tested.