The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children &lt; 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

O. Sow, Samba; Muhsen, Khitam; Nasrin, Dilruba; C. Blackwelder, William; Wu, Yukun; H. Farag, Tamer; Panchalingam, Sandra; Sur, Dipika; K. M. Zaidi, Anita; Syed Golam Faruque, Abu; Saha, Debasish; A. Adegbola, Richard; L. Alonso, Pedro; F. Breiman, Robert; Bassat, Quique; Tamboura, Boubou; Sanogo, Doh; Onwuchekwa, Uma; Manna, Byomkesh; Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan; Kanungo, Suman; Ahmed, Shahnawaz; Qureshi, Shahida; Quadri, Farheen; Hossain, Anowar; Kumar Das, Sumon; Antonio, Martín; Jahangir Hossain, M; Mandomando, Inácio; Nhampossa, Tacilta; Acácio, Sozinho; Omore, Richard; Oundo, Joseph; B. Ochieng, John; D. Mintz, Eric; E. O’Reilly, Ciara; Y. Berkeley, Lynette; Livio, Sofie; M. Tennant, Sharon; Sommerfelt, Halvor; P. Nataro, James; Ziv‐Baran, Tomer; M. Robins‐Browne, Roy; Mishcherkin, Vladimir; Zhang, Jixian; Liu, Jie; R. Houpt, Eric; L. Kotloff, Karen; M. Levine, Myron

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004729

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The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • May 24, 2016

Authors:

Samba O. Sow

Khitam Muhsen

Dilruba Nasrin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The importance of Cryptosporidium as a pediatric enteropathogen in developing countries is recognized. METHODS: Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), a 3-year, 7-site, case-control study of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and GEMS-1A (1-year study of MSD and less-sever...

Subject

Cryptosporidium

Diarrhea

Medicine

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