identification of factors predisposing for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS) development after an episode of traveler's diarrhea
identification of systemic (serum) and local (biopsy) changes in infectious and immunological activity during infection and correlation with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms, persisting after traveler's diarrhea
Design:
4 study visits: before traveling, 2 weeks after traveling, 6 months after traveling, 12 months after traveling
at each study visit following investigations: blood collection, stool collection, questionnaires, rectal biopsy