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. 2015 Apr 18;11(6):1434–1448. doi: 10.4161/21645515.2014.986984

Table 1.

Global etiology of diarrheal disease. The population evaluated for each list is given in parenthesis under each listed column

GBD 20101,8 GEMS study12-15 TD21,23,28,30-32,46,143 US study20 WHOstudy5,6
Rotavirus Rotavirus ETEC Salmonella Rotavirus
Shigella ST-ETEC EAEC Campylobacter Norovirus
ETEC Shigella Campylobacter Shigella EPEC
Campylobacter Cryptosporidia Salmonella Cryptosporidia ETEC
Cryptosporidia EPEC V. cholera Norovirus Shigella
EPEC Campylobacter Shigella ST-ETEC Campylobacter
Salmonella V. cholerae EPEC (FoodNet study) Adenovirus
V. cholerae (<5 years) Norovirus Salmonella
Entamoeba Rotavirus Astrovirus
(across all ages) Cyclospora Giardia
Cryptosporidia Cryptosporidia
Entamoeba V. cholerae
Giardia (0–59 months)
(travelers)

ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli, EPEC, enteropathogenic E. coli, EAEC, enteroaggregative E. coli, ST-ETEC, heat stable toxin-producing ETEC.