A community‐based longitudinal study of acute and persistent diarrhoea in 705 children less
than five years old was carried out for a year in a rural area of Bangladesh. Diarrhoea …

Aim: To describe clinical characteristics and age‐and season‐specific incidences of
diarrheal episodes, and to evaluate risk factors associated with the occurrence of diarrheal …

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 …

Abstract Huttly SRA (Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London WC1E 7HT, UK), Hoque BA, Aziz …

Methods Fifty children with persistent diarrhea and 50 controls with acute diarrhea (matched
for age and sex) comprised the study subjects. Results Most of the children (82%) were …

The study analyzed data from a systematic sample of children, aged less than five years,
who presented with persistent diarrhoea (diarrhoea of more than 14 days duration). It aims …

Twenty-six infants and children aged 2–24 months suffering from diarrhoea for more than 2
weeks were studied in the ICDDRB's Dhaka Treatment Centre. They presented with watery …

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 …

Diarrhoea that begins acutely but lasts longer than two weeks is defined to be persistent.
Revised estimates in developing countries including India showed that acute diarrhoea …

To determine the epidemiology and etiologic agents of persistent diarrhea we carried out an
intensive diarrhea surveillance on children less than six years old in rural Bangladesh. From …