Volume 8, Number 3—March 2002
Synopsis
Human Campylobacteriosis in Developing Countries1
Table 1
Isolation rates of Campylobacter from diarrhea specimens from <5-year-olds in selected developing countries
WHO region and country | Isolation rate (%) | Reference |
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Africa | ||
Algeria | 17.7 | 14 |
Cameroon | 7.7 | 15 |
Ethiopia | 13.8 | 16 |
Nigeria | 16.5 | 17 |
Tanzania | 18.0 | 18 |
Zimbabwe | 9.3 | 19 |
Americas | ||
Brazil | 9.9 | 20 |
Guatemala | 12.1 | 21 |
Eastern Mediterranean | ||
Egypt | 9.0 | 12 |
Jordan | 5.5 | 22 |
Southeast Asia | ||
Bangladesh | 17.4 | 23 |
Thailand | 13.0 | 24 |
Western Pacific | ||
Laos | 12.1 | 25 |
WHO = World Health Organization.
1 Portions of this review were presented at the World Health Organization Consultation on the Increasing Incidence of Campylobacteriosis in Humans, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 1-25, 2000. In addition, relevant emerging information from the 11th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms, held in Freiburg, Germany, September 1-5, 2001, are included.