Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics

Reither, Klaus; Ignatius, Ralf; Weitzel, Thomas; Seidu‐Korkor, Andrew; Y. Anyidoho, Louis; Saad, Eiman; Djie-Maletz, Andrea; Ziniel, Peter; Amoo-Sakyi, Felicia; Danikuu, Francis; Danour, Stephen; N. Otchwemah, Rowland; Schreier, E.; Bienzle, Ulrich; Stark, Klaus; P. Mockenhaupt, Frank

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-104

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Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Sep 6, 2007

Authors:

Klaus Reither

Ralf Ignatius

Thomas Weitzel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acute diarrhoea is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Its microbiological causes and clinico-epidemiological aspects were examined during the dry season 2005/6 in Tamale, urban northern Ghana. METHODS: Stool specimens of 243 children with acute diar...

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Rotavirus

Cryptosporidium

Norovirus

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