ABSTRACT A matched case-control study was conducted in the Maternal and Child Health
Clinic (MCH) in Ifakara, Tanzania, during the rainy season in order to elucidate the risk …

A total of 451 stool specimens were collected from children less than five years of age with
acute diarrhea from Ifakara, Tanzania and processed to detect bacterial enteropathogens …

Diarrheal diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in
developing countries. We have analyzed the causative agents of diarrhea in children under …

Summary From December 1989 to May 1990, 315 faecal samples from children under 5
years old with diarrhoea (215) and without diarrhoea (100) seen at paediatric clinics were …

Background Childhood diarrhoea, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income
regions, remains scarcely studied in many countries, such as Guinea-Bissau. Stool sample …

Methods A total of 730 rectal swabs obtained from 201 children with diarrhoea and 529
healthy controls aged 0-24 months were cultured for the isolation of Escherichia coli. All E …

A total of 271 stool specimens were collected from children (diarrheagenic, n= 115 and
control, n= 54) and adults (diarrheagenic, n= 73 and control, n= 29) from Tunis, Tunisia, and …

Diarrhea is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among children in sub-
Saharan Africa and one of the main causes of hospital admissions in rural areas. Stool …

ABSTRACT The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, is a
major center for research into diarrheal diseases. The center treats more than 100,000 …

Introduction: Escherichia coli are frequently isolated from diarrheic children in the Federal
Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria, but their virulent properties are not routinely evaluated …