Circulation of a novel pattern of infections by enteric adenovirus serotype 41 among children below 5 years of age in Kolkata, India

RS Dey, S Ghosh, M Chawla-Sarkar… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human adenovirus of strains subgenus F (AdV F) are the most common strains detected in
acute gastroenteritis cases in developing countries. Subgenus F is represented by AdV …

Etiology and epidemiology of persistent diarrhea in northeastern Brazil: a hospital‐based, prospective, case‐control study

GD Fang, AAM Lima, CV Martins… - Journal of pediatric …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
With the improved therapy for acute diarrhea, persistent diarrhea (> 14 days) is emerging as
a major problem in developing countries. However, the etiologies and pathogenesis of …

Risk factors for extended duration of acute diarrhea in young children

TA Strand, PR Sharma, HK Gjessing, M Ulak… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objective and Background We sought to identify predictors of extended duration of diarrhea
in young children, which contributes substantially to the nearly 1 1/2 million annual diarrheal …

Epidemiology of diarrhoeal disease: implications for control by vaccines

RE Black - Vaccine, 1993 - Elsevier
Vaccines present perhaps the most attractive solution to the worldwide problem of
diarrhoeal disease. Epidemiological evidence has important implications for the …

[HTML][HTML] Management of children with prolonged diarrhea

A Giannattasio, A Guarino, AL Vecchio - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prolonged diarrhea is usually defined as acute-onset diarrhea lasting 7 days or more, but
less than 14 days. Its trend has been declining in recent years because of improvement in …

Gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and breast feeding

J Golding, PM Emmett, IS Rogers - Early Human Development, 1997 - Elsevier
In this paper we review the literature in regard to possible relationships between breast
feeding and diarrhoea or gastroenteritis. We show that in the developed as well as the …

Astrovirus infection in association with acute, persistent and nosocomial diarrhea in Bangladesh

LE Unicomb, NN Banu, T Azim, A Islam… - The Pediatric …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Background. Diarrhea is an important public health concern in developing countries such as
Bangladesh. Diarrhea in children that persists for 14 days or more occurs in 7% of patients …

Incidence of diarrhea in children living in urban slums in Salvador, Brazil

MCN Melo, JAAC Taddei, DR Diniz-Santos… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Diarrhea remains a major health issue in developing countries, with high morbidity and
mortality rates. Determining the incidence of acute diarrhea in children and its associated …

Prospective study of the incidence of diarrhoea and prevalence of bacterial pathogens in a cohort of Vietnamese children along the Red River

DW Isenbarger, BT Hien, HT Ha, TT Ha… - Epidemiology & …, 2001 - cambridge.org
We prospectively studied diarrhoea incidence among 1655 children< 5 years of age in
northern Vietnam for 1 year using primarily passive surveillance. Standard culture methods …

An instrument for the assessment of diarrhoeal severity based on a longitudinal community-based study

G Lee, PP Yori, MP Olortegui, LE Caulfield, DA Sack… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Diarrhoea is a significant contributer to morbidity and is among the leading causes
of death of children living in poverty. As such, the incidence, duration and severity of …