More than one billion diarrhea episodes occur every year among children younger than 5
years of age in socioeconomically developing countries causing 2 to 2.5 million deaths …

Notwithstanding significant advancement in the understanding of pathogenesis and
management, diarrheal illnesses remain one of the principal causes of global childhood …

Background There are multiple etiologies responsible for infectious gastroenteritis causing
acute diarrhea which are often under diagnosed. Also acute diarrhea is one of the major …

Introduction: the burden of childhood diarrheal disease has resulted in massive mortality
and morbidity globally. Children below 5 years in Sub-Saharan Africa are most implicated by …

The influence of the Pre-existing malnutrition (PEM) on the severity of diarrhoea as well as
the causative organisms was studied on 60 cases. The duration of diarrhoea was prolonged …

Faeces from children (aged from one month to 12 years) with acute diarrhoea admitted to
hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from June 1978 to June 1979, were examined for the …

Etiologic studies of diarrhea are limited by uneven diagnostic methods and frequent
asymptomatic detection of enteropathogens. Polymerase chain reaction-based stool …

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Gastroenteritis is a leading cause of childhood
morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of …

Diarrhea is a daily public health song in developing countries like Tanzania. The causative
agents are theoretically known almost to everybody. However, the eradication of this killer …