Table 7.

Summary of studies with control group: number of participants testing positive for different pathogens by region

	South-East Asia					The Americas					All
	Studies	Persistent diarrhoea		No diarrhoea		Studies	Persistent diarrhoea		No diarrhoea		Studies	Persistent diarrhoea		No Diarrhoea
		N	Weighted Mean	N	Weighted Mean		N	Weighted Mean	N	Weighted Mean		N	Weighted Mean	N	Weighted Mean
Viruses
Rotavirus	4	496	2%	501	1%	3	162	12%	162	7%	7	658	5%	663	3%
Enteric adenovirus	1	92	1%	92	2%	1	66	11%	82	0%	2	158	5%	174	1%
Bacteria
Campylobacter	4	489	8%	375	9%	2	96	0%	80	0%	6	585	6%	455	8%
Shigella	4	496	5%	501	3%	3	184	3%	520	2%	7	680	4%	1021	2%
Salmonella	3	326	6%	337	0%	3	184	0%	520	0%	6	510	4%	857	0%
Vibrio cholerae	2	317	1%	373	1%	1	88	0%	440	0%	3	405	0%	813	1%
*All Enteropathic
E coli – upper estimate	4	386	32%	329	27%	3	164	63%	75	38%	7	550	41%	604	30%
*All Enteropathic
E coli – lower estimate	4	386	26%	328	22%	3	164	41%	275	25%	7	550	31%	603	23%
EHEC	1	92	0%	92	0%	1	51	0%	51	0%	2	143	0%	143	0%
Parasites
Giardia lamblia	5	504	8%	540	7%	3	184	14%	522	7%	8	688	10%	1062	7%
Cryptosporidium	2	232	1%	280	4%	3	167	16%	369	5%	0	399	7%	649	4%
Entamoeba histolytica	5	504	2%	541	4%	3	184	1%	522	1%	5	688	2%	1063	3%
At least one pathogen	1	92	73%	92	22%	2	112	76%	233	60%	3	204	75%	325	43%