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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The etiology of early childhood diarrhea: A community study from guinea-bissau
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 169, No. 3, Year 1994
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Description
A potential enteropathogen was found in 50% of 1219 diarrheal episodes and 48% of 511 asymptomatic controls in a 1-year community study of childhood diarrhea. Rotavirus (3% of episodes), Cryptosporidium species (6%), and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) with EPEC adherence factor (4%) were more prevalent in cases than controls. Giardia lamblia (19%) was the most prevalent organism but was not associated with diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (12%), Strongyloides stercoralis (5%), Shigella species (2%), Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites (2%), and Vibrio cholerae (1%) were found at nonsignificantly higher rates. Salmonella and Campylobacter specieswere more prevalent among control infants. Cryptosporidium species and sequential infections from other pathogens caused persistent diarrhea. © 1994 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mølbak, Kåre
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Wested, Niels
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Højlyng, Niels
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Scheutz, Flemming F.
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Gottschau, Adam
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Aaby, Peter
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
da Silva, Augusto Paulo José
Denmark, Copenhagen
Epidemiology Research Unit
Denmark, Copenhagen
Laboratory of Parasitology
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Denmark, Copenhagen
Statens Serum Institut
South Africa
Ministry of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 94
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/169.3.581
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau