Table 1. Characterization of ETEC isolates from Nicaraguan children with diarrhoea.

Isolates	Sample origin	Clinical severity	Age (months)	Enterotoxin	CF
1	Hospital	Severe	1	LT
2	Hospital	Severe	3	LT	CS19
3	Hospital	Severe	4	LT-STh
4	Hospital	Severe	7	LT
5	Hospital	Severe	8	LT	CS19
6	Hospital	Severe	10	LT
7	Hospital	Severe	10	LT	CS19
8	Hospital	Severe	11	LT
9	Hospital	Severe	12	LT	CS19
10	Hospital	Severe	13	LT	CS19
11	Hospital	Severe	17	STh
12	Hospital	Severe	21	LT	CS19
13	Hospital	Severe	21	LT	CS19
14	Primary care	Mild	1	LT	CS19
15	Primary care	Mild	4	LT	CS19
16	Primary care	Mild	4	LT	CS19
17	Primary care	Mild	5	LT	CS19
18	Primary care	Mild	7	LT	CS19
19	Primary care	Mild	7	LT	CS19
20	Primary care	Mild	10	LT	CS19
21	Primary care	Mild	10	LT
22	Primary care	Mild	11	LT	CS19
23	Primary care	Mild	12	LT	CS19 and CS6
24	Primary care	Mild	13	LT	CS19
25	Primary care	Mild	13	LT-STh	CS19, CS2 and CS21
26	Primary care	Mild	15	LT	CS19
27	Primary care	Mild	16	LT-STh	CS19, CS21 and CFA/I
28	Primary care	Mild	16	LT
29	Primary care	Mild	17	LT-STh	CS19
30	Primary care	Mild	17	LT-STh	CS19 and CS1
31	Primary care	Mild	27	LT	CS19 and CFA/I
32	Primary care	Mild	35	LT	CS19
33	Primary care	Mild	53	LT-STh	CS19
34	Primary care	Moderate	19	LT	CS19
35	Primary care	Moderate	48	LT-STh	CS19
36	Community	Mild	7	LT
37	Community	Mild	7	STh
38	Community	Mild	9	STh
39	Community	Mild	13	LT
40	Community	Mild	16	LT
41	Community	Mild	16	LT
42	Community	Mild	16	STh
43	Community	Mild	17	STh	CS19
44	Community	Mild	18	STh
45	Community	Mild	23	LT
46	Community	Mild	29	LT
47	Community	Mild	34	STh
48	Community	Mild	34	LT
49	Community	Mild	35	STh
50	Community	Mild	36	LT
51	Community	Mild	40	LT
52	Community	Mild	42	LT
53	Community	Mild	46	STh
54	Community	Mild	51	LT
55	Community	Moderate	15	LT
56	Community	Moderate	26	STh
57	Community	Moderate	46	STh	CS19
58	Community	Moderate	56	STh