The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

L. Kotloff, Karen; C. Blackwelder, William; Nasrin, Dilruba; P. Nataro, James; H. Farag, Tamer; van Eijk, Annemieke; A. Adegbola, Richard; L. Alonso, Pedro; F. Breiman, Robert; Syed Golam Faruque, Abu; Saha, Debasish; O. Sow, Samba; Sur, Dipika; K. M. Zaidi, Anita; Biswas, Kousick; Panchalingam, Sandra; D. Clemens, John; Cohen, Dani; I. Glass, Roger; D. Mintz, Eric; Sommerfelt, Halvor; M. Levine, Myron

doi:10.1093/cid/cis753

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The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Nov 20, 2012

Authors:

Karen L. Kotloff

William C. Blackwelder

Dilruba Nasrin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is a leading cause of illness and death among children aged <5 years in developing countries. This paper describes the clinical and epidemiological methods used to conduct the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), a 3-year, prospective, age-stratified, case/control study to e...

Subject

Diarrheal disease

Medicine

Multicenter study

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