Abstract
DIARRHEAL DISEASE is a principal hazard for tourists and aliens in tropical areas.1 Increase in commercial, diplomatic, and technical assistance missions to tropical areas emphasizes the practical urgency of this problem. This is a report of a study of possible etiologic microbiologic agents in subjects and in relation to acute diarrheal disease in a tropical area. Etiologic significance of Enteroviruses, notably Coxsackie and Echo viruses to occurrence of acute diarrhea, was of particular interest. Their role has been suggested by various investigators.2A5 A school health program at Cairo American College afforded opportunity to study this problem. It was hypothesized that a significant relationship between the simultaneous occurrence of the potential pathogen and acute diarrhea could be demonstrated, and conversely absence of pathogens (except carrier states) from the normal individuals. This reports the isolation of possible pathogens from fecal specimens collected from students during episodes of diarrhea and at times when they were free of diarrhea.
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