Aim: We studied the changing trend and factors associated with persistent diarrhoea (PD) in
under‐five children presenting to a large diarrhoeal disease hospital in urban Dhaka …

Background: Persistent diarrhoea (PD) is poorly recognised and it requires proper
assessment and early intervention to ensure effective treatment. The International Centre for …

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 …

Background Despite availability of treatment guidelines, persistent diarrhoea (PD) has been
a major contributor of diarrhoeal deaths in low and middle income countries. We evaluated …

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 …

The study documents the incidence of persistent diarrhoea and its sociodemographic,
household, environmental and clinical risk factors. One hundred and fifty-two newborns …

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 …

Introduction & background Prolonged (duration> 7 to 13 days) diarrhea (ProD) in under-five
children is a universal health problem including Bangladesh. Data on epidemiology and …

A case control study was done at the Institute of Child Health, Madras, among prospectively
recruited children aged 1-23 months to identify the risk factors for persistent diarrhea. Cases …

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 …