Three hundred and eighty four children aged 3-36 months admitted to the Infectious
Diseases Hospital (IDH) with diarrhoea were studied for persistent diarrhoea (PD), defined …

A retrospective study of the records of children admitted to Port Moresby General Hospital
with diarrhoea during 1992 and 1993 was carried out to determine the morbidity, mortality …

To identify possible risk factors for persistent diarrhoea, 307 children with acute diarrhoea
presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria over a 10-month period from …

Persistent diarrhoea has been identified as a major source of morbidity in the developing
world. This study was conducted to evaluate the risk factors of persistent diarrhoea in …

Prospective surveillance of patterns of diarrhoeal disease was conducted in a cohort of 204
young children living in a rural community in Zimbabwe. Trained field assistants recorded …

Acute diarrhoea is a major public health problem in Ethiopian children under five years of
age. Reports for other developing countries indicate that persistent diarrhoea is emerging as …

In order to determine the descriptive epidemiology of persistent diarrhoea in rural northern
India, a cohort of 963 children aged 0-71 months was followed prospectively for 12 months …

With a systematically sampled population of children aged under 5 attending this centre for
diarrhoeal disease research during 1983-5 a retrospective analysis of persistent diarrhoea …

Seventy-eight children diagnosed as cases of persistent diarrhoea (PD) from 1 month to 5
years of age (mean age 8.92 months) hospitalized during a 2-year study period were …

The aim of the present study, carried out in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, was to identify
episode-specific risk factors for persistent diarrhoea (PD) related to clinical observations and …