Globally, approximately 2 billion people lack microbiologically safe drinking water. Boiling is
the most prevalent household water treatment method, yet evidence of its health impact is …

Background Shigella remains one of the most common causes of diarrhoea in South Asia.
Current estimates of the prevalence of Shigella are critical for guiding control measures. We …

Knowledge about the epidemiologic profile of circulating serogroups of Shigella and an
understanding of its pathobiology as well as of the virulence genes is important for the …

In a very long time after its first discovery by a Bavarian pediatrician in the late 19th century,
Escherichia coli was recognized as a harmless bacterial species and as a normal flora in the …

Background Noroviruses are the most common cause of epidemic and endemic acute
gastroenteritis (AGE) worldwide. The burden of norovirus disease in low-income settings is …

The need for fast detection of etiological agents outside the narrow target range of
pathogens that may cause an event of an infectious disease epidemic necessitates rapid …

The objective of this study was to assess antibiotic resistance and the molecular
epidemiology of shigella isolates from a case–control study of diarrhoea, conducted from …

Antimicrobial overuse contributes to antimicrobial resistance. Empiric use of antimicrobials
for diarrheal illness is warranted only in a minority of cases, because of its self-limiting …

The objective of our analysis was to describe the aetiology, clinical features, and socio-
demographic background of adults with diarrhoea attending different urban and rural …

Dysentery is frequently associated with high morbidity and mortality and is found in young
children and mainly affects those in developing nations. Rural people across the world trust …