TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects

Characteristic	Value
No. of subjects
Days 2, 7, and 30; analysis of frozen samples only	9
Days 2, 7, 30, and 90; analysis of frozen samples only	17
Days 2, 7, 30, and 90; analysis of frozen samples and
circulating ASC assays	6
Circulating ASC assays and flow cytometric
analysis requiring fresh cells	9
Age (mean yr ± SD)	30 ± 14
Sex (no. of subjects)
Female	19
Male	22
Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype (no.)
Ogawa	32
Inaba	9
Dehydration status at enrollment (no.)
Severe	36
Moderate	5
Duration of diarrhea at presentation (mean h ± SD)	18 ± 12
Duration of hospitalization (mean h ± SD)	39 ± 24