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Traveler's Diarrhea
Epidemiology
The incidence of traveler’s diarrhea has decreased in countries with increasing economies and in some previously high-risk destinations with improved tourism infrastructure. 9 South Asia and West/Central Africa remain the destinations with the highest risk of traveler’s diarrhea.
Risk Factor
-Adventure travel, visiting friends and relatives
-Age
-Lack of caution in beverage and food selection
-Use of proton pump inhibitor therapy
-Certain genetic factors (mostly polymorphism associations)
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Etiology/Microbiology
-Is caused by ingestion of fecally contaminated food and beverages.
-Most cases of traveler’s diarrhea are caused by bacterial enteropathogens.
Main related microbes
-Enterotoxigenica Escherichia coli
-Enteroaggregative E coli
-Campylobacter
-Salmonella
-Shigella
-Norovirus
-Rotavirus
-Giardia
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