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Table 2 Summary of identified pathogens present in stool samples collected during 2013 to 2017 from US military personnel presenting with diarrheal disease while deployed in Thailand

From: Enteric etiological surveillance in acute diarrhea stool of United States Military Personnel on deployment in Thailand, 2013–2017

Year

Pathogen detection

Detection rate (percent

Campylobacter

Campylobacter jejuni

12/48 (25%)

Campylobacter species

9/48 (18.8%)

Total

21/48 (43.8%)

Diarrheagenic E. coli*

EPEC

13/48 (27%)

ETEC

3/48 (6%)

EAEC

3/48 (6%)

EIEC

1/48 (2%)

Total

20/48 (42%)

Salmonella spp.

Salmonella group B

5/48 (10%)

Salmonella group c

4/48 (8%)

Salmonella species

2/48 (4%)

Total

11/48 (23%)

Norovirus

Norovirus GII

5/48 (10%)

Norovirus GI

2/48 (4%)

Total

7/48 (15%)

Plesiomonas shigelloides

 

6/48 (13%)

Aeromonas species

 

6/48 (13%)

Vibrio species

 

3/48 (6%)

Rotavirus

 

2/48 (4%)

Helicobacter pylori

 

2/48 (4%)

Shigella species

 

1/48 (2%)

Arcobacter butzleri

 

1/48 (2%)

No pathogen detected

 

10/48 (21%)

  1. *Diarrheagenic E.coli [EPEC = Enteropathogenic E. coli, ETEC = Enterotoxigenic E. coli, EAEC = Enteroaggregative E. coli, EIEC = Enteroinvasive E. coli]