The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-month case-control study as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

Summary: Background: Diarrheal diseases remain a leading cause of illness and death among children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) has described the incidence, aetiology, and sequelae of medically attended moderate-to-sever...

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Main Authors: Karen L Kotloff, MD, Dilruba Nasrin, PhD, William C Blackwelder, PhD, Yukun Wu, PhD, Tamer Farag, PhD, Sandra Panchalingham, PhD, Samba O Sow, MD, Dipika Sur, MD, Anita K M Zaidi, MBBS, Abu S G Faruque, MBBS, Debasish Saha, MS, Pedro L Alonso, MD, Boubou Tamboura, PharmD, Doh Sanogo, MD, Uma Onwuchekwa, MS, Byomkesh Manna, PhD, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, PhD, Suman Kanungo, MBBS, Shahnawaz Ahmed, MBBS, Shahida Qureshi, MSc, Farheen Quadri, MBBS, Anowar Hossain, MD, Sumon K Das, MBBS, Martin Antonio, PhD, M Jahangir Hossain, MBBS, Inacio Mandomando, BS, Sozinho Acácio, MD, Kousick Biswas, PhD, Sharon M Tennant, PhD, Jaco J Verweij, PhD, Halvor Sommerfelt, MD, James P Nataro, MD, Roy M Robins-Browne, PhD, Myron M Levine, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19300762

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