Table 2. Study characteristics of community based, inpatient, and outpatient studies included in the final analyses.

Author (ref)	Country	Date of data collection	Study duration in mos.	Age range in yrs.	Sample size	Pathogens included in study
Community
Spencer [10]	El Salvador	1977	12	≥6	43	ETEC
Outpatient
Hossain [14]	Bangladesh	1975–1984	120	≥5	2488	Shigella spp.
Sitbon [17]	Gabon	1980–91	12	≥6	79	Rotavirus
Nath [23]	India	1994–95	24	≥5	916	Cryptosporidium spp.
Gassama [12]	Senegal	1997–99	24	≥18	121	EPEC/EAEC, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., Rotavirus, Giardia, Cryptosporidium spp., E. histolytica
Lau [15]	China	2001–02	12	≥5	906	Norovirus
MoezArdalan [21]	Iran	2001–02	12	≥5	312	Shigella spp.
Al-Gallas [26]	Tunisia	2001–04	36	>18	73	EHEC, EIEC, ETEC, EPEC/EAEC, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., Adenovirus, Rotavirus, Giardia
Inpatient
Oberle [24]	Bangladesh	1975	12	≥5	1459	Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., V. cholerae O1
Zaman [32]	Bangladesh	1978–87	120	≥5	17129	Shigella spp.
Black [28]	Bangladesh	1977–79	24	≥10	5171	ETEC, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Rotavirus, Giardia, E. histolytica, V. cholerae O1, V. parahaemolytica
Echeverria [31]	Thailand	1980–81	12	>15	526	ETEC, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Rotavirus, Giardia, E. histolytica, V. cholerae O1, V. parahaemolytica
Watson [19]	UK	1982	12	≥12	515	Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Aeromonas spp., P. shigelloides, C. difficile
Poocharoen [25]	Thailand	1983–93	12	5–15	17	Campylobacter spp.
Baqui [27]	Bangladesh	1983–84	12	≥5	1569	ETEC, Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Giardia, E. histolytica, V. cholerae O1
Wasfy [18]	Egypt	1986–93	96	5–23	6278	Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp.
Brandonisio [29]	Italy	1987–94	84	9–14	28	Cryptosporidium spp.
Lim [16]	Singapore	1989–90	12	≥6	5181	Campylobacter spp.
Germani [13]	New Caledonia	1990–91	24	≥15	420	ETEC, EPEC/EAEC, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp., Rotavirus, Giardia, E histolytica, C. difficile
Das [54]	India	1989–91	24	≥5	45	Cryptosporidium spp.
Vilchis-Guizar [30]	Mexico	1995	12	39–51	2379	V. cholerae O1
Lau [15]	China	2001–2002	12	≥5	240	Norovirus
Nagamani [22]	India	2003–06	48	>5	906	Cryptosporidium spp.