Table 1.
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Criterion | Inclusion | Exclusion |
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Time period | Articles published between January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2018 | Studies outside these dates |
Language | Articles available in English | Non-English studies |
Type of article | All epidemiological study designs relaying original data on the incidence or prevalence | Individual case studies/case reports |
Etiology | Campylobacter, Salmonella (nontyphoidal serotypes), Escherichia coli, Listeria, Shigella, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Giardia, Norovirus | “Traveler’s diarrhea” was not included as a search term, but was not excluded initially if captured in the search. If no organism was mentioned, results were grouped under “other.” |
Infectious disease | Illness identified as “infectious gastroenteritis” | Same criteria as “traveler’s diarrhea” |
Outcomes | IBS, IBD, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, GERD, dyspepsia, celiac, chronic constipation, reactive arthritis, Reiter’s syndrome, “Joint Pain” | Studies where the outcome was a risk factor for other infections only |
Disease burden | QALY, DALY,EQ-5D | Economic burden of the acute infection only, or economic burden of the chronic outcome only |
See Appendix 1 for full search terms.
DALY, disability-adjusted life year; EQ-5D, EuroQoL 5-Dimension; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; QALY, quality-adjusted life year.