Background Diarrhea is recognized as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among
children under 5 years of age in low-and middle-income countries yet updated estimates of …

Current estimates of the global burden of disease for diarrhoea are reported and compared
with previous estimates made using data collected in 1954-79 and 1980-89. A structured …

Introduction Childhood undernutrition is a major public health problem especially in low and
middle-income countries (LMIC). The prevalence of early introduction of complementary …

To estimate the global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis, we synthesized
existing data from laboratory-based surveillance and special studies, with a hierarchical …

As the first article in a four-part PLoS Medicine series on water and sanitation, Jamie
Bartram and Sandy Cairncross argue that the massive burden of ill health associated with …

The book's purpose is to introduce basic clinical microbiology through the fields of
bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology to provide a brief, accurate, and up to …

Many believe that informed consent makes clinical research ethical. However, informed
consent is neither necessary nor sufficient for ethical clinical research. Drawing on the basic …

We set out to determine the impact of washing hands with soap on the risk of diarrhoeal
diseases in the community with a systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Our …

Few studies provide data on the global morbidity and mortality caused by infection with
Shigella spp.; such estimates are needed, however, to plan strategies of prevention and …

OBJECTIVE: The major objective of this study is to provide estimates of diarrhoea mortality
at country, regional and global level by employing the Child Health Epidemiology Reference …