A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Giardia lamblia and Endemic Pediatric Diarrhea in Developing Countries

K Muhsen, MM Levine - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis examining the association
between diarrhea in young children in nonindustrialized settings and Giardia lamblia …

Emerging trends in the etiology of enteric pathogens as evidenced from an active surveillance of hospitalized diarrhoeal patients in Kolkata, India

GB Nair, T Ramamurthy, MK Bhattacharya, T Krishnan… - Gut Pathogens, 2010 - Springer
Background This study was conducted to determine the etiology of diarrhoea in a hospital
setting in Kolkata. Active surveillance was conducted for 2 years on two random days per …

Age specific aetiological agents of diarrhoea in hospitalized children aged less than five years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

SJ Moyo, N Gro, MI Matee, J Kitundu, H Myrmel… - BMC pediatrics, 2011 - Springer
Background This study aimed to determine the age-specific aetiologic agents of diarrhoea in
children aged less than five years. The study also assessed the efficacy of the empiric …

The global enteric multicenter study (GEMS): impetus, rationale, and genesis

MM Levine, KL Kotloff, JP Nataro… - Clinical Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Diarrheal disease remains one of the top 2 causes of young child mortality in the developing
world. Whereas improvements in water/sanitation infrastructure and hygiene can diminish …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the rotavirus infection burden in the WHO-EMRO region

S Badur, S Öztürk, P Pereira… - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Rotavirus gastroenteritis imposes a heavy burden on low-and middle-income countries. The
World Health Organization defines the Eastern Mediterranean region (WHO-EMRO) as a …

Effectiveness of interventions to screen and manage infections during pregnancy on reducing stillbirths: a review

S Ishaque, MY Yakoob, A Imdad, RL Goldenberg… - BMC Public Health, 2011 - Springer
Background Infection is a well acknowledged cause of stillbirths and may account for about
half of all perinatal deaths today, especially in developing countries. This review presents …

The epidemiology of rotavirus diarrhea in countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

MA Malek, N Teleb, R Abu-Elyazeed… - Journal of infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea among children worldwide,
killing∼ 600,000 children annually, including 64,800 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region …

Quality of greywater treated in biochar filter and risk assessment of gastroenteritis due to household exposure during maintenance and irrigation

SS Dalahmeh, C Lalander, M Pell… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aim This study evaluated treatment of greywater (GW) by a biochar filter in Jordan and
assessed the annual risks of infection (P i‐annual), annual risk of disease (P d‐annual) and …

Giardia and Cryptosporidium in children with diarrhea, Kufra, Libya, a North African migration route city

FMA Saaed, JE Ongerth - … journal of hygiene and environmental health, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Giardia and Cryptosporidium are common parasitic diarrhea agents of
children contributing to childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Major risk …

Case–control study of diarrheal disease etiology in individuals over 5 years in southwest China

SX Zhang, CL Yang, WP Gu, L Ai, E Serrano, P Yang… - Gut Pathogens, 2016 - Springer
Background Acute diarrhea is one of the major public health problems worldwide. Most of
studies on acute diarrhea have been made on infants aged below 5 years and few efforts …