Background The role of diarrhoea in the aetiology of growth retardation in young children
remains controversial. To evaluate this, a population-based, longitudinal study of young …

To identify possible risk factors for persistent diarrhoea, 307 children with acute diarrhoea
presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria over a 10-month period from …

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 …

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 …

The aim of the present study, carried out in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, was to identify
episode-specific risk factors for persistent diarrhoea (PD) related to clinical observations and …

Metode. Penelitian deskriptif retrospektif, dilakukan pada bulan Januari 1999–Desember
2008. Data diambil dari rekam medik RSU Prof. Dr. RD Kandou, Manado dan dianalisis …

In rural Bangladesh, mothers were interviewed to identify factors that determine the use of
oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for management of diarrhoea in children aged less than 5 …

Household level treatments, such as home chlorination, are a potential method of improving
drinking water quality in developing countries. Such interventions have rarely been …

To determine the risk for diarrheal disease (DD) in day-care centers (DCC) for children
residing in a poor urban slum area of Quito, Ecuador, compared with that for children from …

Acute diarrhoeal disease in children is known to be a major public health problem among
native Americans living in reservations in the southwestern part of the United States. This …