Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)

A Platts-Mills, James; Babji, Sudhir; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Gratz, Jean; Haque, Rashidul; Havt, Alexandre; McCormick, Benjamin; McGrath, Monica; Paredes Olórtegui, Maribel; Samie, Amidou; Shakoor, Sadia; Mondal, Dinesh; FN Lima, Ila; Hariraju, Dinesh; Bahadur Rayamajhi, Bishnu; Qureshi, Shahida; Kabir, Furqan; Peñataro Yori, Pablo; Mufamadi, Brenda; Amour, Caroline; Daniel Carreon, J.; A. Richard, Stephanie; Lang, Dennis; Bessong, Pascal; Mduma, Esto; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Â. M. Lima, Aldo; J. Mason, Carl; K. M. Zaidi, Anita; A Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Kosek, Margaret; L. Guerrant, Richard; Gottlieb, Michael; A. Miller, Mark; Kang, Gagandeep; R. Houpt, Eric

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(15)00151-5

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Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)

Published in The Lancet Global Health • Jul 19, 2015

Authors:

James A Platts-Mills

Sudhir Babji

Ladaporn Bodhidatta

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. METHODS: We undertook a birth cohort study with not only int...

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Developing country

Pathogen

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