YALE UNIVERSITY hanced and services expanded through greater collaboration between
the fields of water and sanitation engineering and public health. Second, researchers should …

Enteric infections, with or without overt diarrhea, have profound effects on intestinal
absorption, nutrition, and childhood development as well as on global mortality. Oral …

Infectious disease control and prevention relies on a thorough understanding of the factors
determining transmission. This article summarizes the fundamental principles of infectious …

The appropriate treatment and control of infectious gastroenteritis depend on the ability to
rapidly detect the wide range of etiologic agents associated with the disease. Clinical …

Immobilization of enzymes is not a new concept but one that has been around for over 100
years. However, wide applications for immobilized enzymes came only in the past four …

Diarrhoeal illness is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide. There are
no precise or current estimates of the types and prevalence of pathogens associated with …

Background In developing countries, children under the age of five years who live in slums
are highly vulnerable to diarrhea. However, there is a paucity of information on the …

The short-term association between diarrhea and weight is well-accepted, but the long-term
association between diarrhea and growth is less clear. Using data from 7 cohort studies …

Enteric parasites are major contributors to the global diarrhoeal disease load, infecting>
67.2 million people. Their prevalence and clinical impact, however, are underestimated due …

Abstract The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of
people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large …