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. 2013 Jun 27;8(6):e67375. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067375

Table 1. Included Studies.

First Author Countrya Totalb Yearc Duratione Agef CatchmentArea g, h Serotypes Tested i
Karmali [13] Canada 285 1978 36 Children 0 to >10 Point 55
Taylor [14] USA 46 1980 6 Mixed Regional NS
Skirrow [15] England 3400 1981 132 Mixed Country 43
McMyne [16] Canada 153 1982d NS NS Regional 55
Lastovica [17] South Africa 258 1982 6 Children <10 Point 60
Georges-Courbot [18] CAR 94 1982 17 Children <15 Point 56
Neogi [19] Bangladesh 102 1983 12 Mixed Point 42
Patton [20] USA 149 1985d NS NS Country 56
Jones [21] Britain 406 1985d NS NS Unknown 32
Sjogren [22] Sweden 29 1985 12 Adults >15 Point 23
Sjogren [22] Mexico 130 1985 12 Infants 0–5 Point 23
Nishimura [23] Japan 69 1985 NS NS Unknown NS
Chatzipanagiotou [24] Greece 31 1987 12 Children <14 Point 25
Albert [25] Australia 108 1988 12 Mixed Regional 66
Albert [26] Australia 12 1988 6 Mixed Regional 66
Sjogren [27] Kuwait 47 1989 d NS Mixed Point NS
Zaman [28] Saudi Arabia 46 1989 12 Mixed Point NS
Prasad [29] India 22 1989 132 Mixed Regional 72
Wareing [30] England 754 1990 7 NS Country 42
Takahashi [31] Japan 455 1990 156 NS Country 25
Owen [32] UK 27 1992 12 NS Country 45
Asrat [33] Ethiopia 35 1992 12 Mixed Point 33
Owen [34] England 398 1993 12 NS Country 47
Marshall [35] England 70 1994 d NS NS Point NS
Gibson [36] UK 27 1994 2 NS Country 45
Nishimura [23] China 85 1994 NS NS Regional NS
Fang [37] Taiwan 27 1994 120 Mixed Unknown 25
Nielsen [38] Denmark 136 1995 12 NS Country 49
Nielsen [39] Denmark 42 1995 11 NS Country 47
Poly [5] Egypt 142 1995 43 Infants 0–5 Point 47
Frost [40] Wales 2310 1996 12 NS Country 66
Hudson [41] New Zealand 69 1996 7 NS Point NS
Strid [42] Denmark 173 1996 NS Mixed Country 47
Petersen [43] Denmark 42 1996 24 NS Country 47
Smith [44] Nigeria 17 1997 d NS NS Point 64
Sopwith [45] England 2277 1997 24 Mixed Regional NS
McKay [46] Scotland 3155 1998 12 NS Country 66
Moser [47] Germany 201 1998 12 NS Regional 9
Chatzipanagiotou [24] Greece 98 1998 24 Children <14 Point 25
Poly [5] Thailand 103 1998 72 Adults >15 Country 47
Vierikko [48] Finland 518 1999 3 NS Country 25
Saito [49] Japan 158 2000 36 NS Regional 25
Eyles [50] New Zealand 54 2000 12 Mixed Regional NS
Ioannidis [51] Greece 207 2000 36 NS Regional 25
Gilpin [52] New Zealand 66 2000 6 NS Regional NS
Nielsen [53] Denmark 973 2001 12 NS Regional 47
Fussing [54] Denmark 926 2001 13 Mixed Regional 47
Wierzba [55] Egypt 20 2001 30 Mixed Point NS
Oza [56] England 414 2002 d NS NS Unknown 66
Cornelius [57] New Zealand 106 2002 2 NS Point NS
Gilpin [58] New Zealand 168 2002 6 NS Regional 43
Schonberg-Norio [59] Finland 114 2002 3 NS Country 25
Sonnevend [60] UAE 41 2002 24 NS Point 25
Nakari [61] Finland 622 2002 48 Mixed Country 25
Nakari [61] Finland 785 2002 48 Mixed Country 25
Miljkovic-Selimovic [62] Serbia 29 2003 21 NS Regional NS
McTavish [63] New Zealand 112 2006 NS Mixed Country 43
Islam [64] Bangladesh 31 2006 NS NS Point NS
Grozdanova [65] Macedonia 20 2008 11 NS Regional 25
a

Country = Country from which sporadic diarrhea cases were identified;

b

Total = Total number of isolates analyzed;

c

Year = Year specimen collection initiated.

d

When the year in which specimen collection began was not specified, publication year used;

e

Duration = Length of specimen collection period in months;

f

Age in years, “Mixed” indicates specimens collected from both children and adults;

g

Catchment indicates the size of the collection area,

h

Point = a single collection point (e.g. single hospital or clinic);

i

Serotypes Tested = number of serotypes included in the panel of screening sera used in each study. A number of studies screened for C. coli serotypes in addition to those for C. jejuni. Therefore, the number of serotypes screened for may exceed the 35 C. jejuni serotypes enumerated in this review. Abbreviations: CAR = Central African Republic, UAE = United Arab Emirates, UK = United Kingdom, USA = United States of America; NS = Not Specified.