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).

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).

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-severe...

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Main Authors: Samba O Sow, Khitam Muhsen, Dilruba Nasrin, William C Blackwelder, Yukun Wu, Tamer H Farag, Sandra Panchalingam, Dipika Sur, Anita K M Zaidi, Abu S G Faruque, Debasish Saha, Richard Adegbola, Pedro L Alonso, Robert F Breiman, Quique Bassat, Boubou Tamboura, Doh Sanogo, Uma Onwuchekwa, Byomkesh Manna, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Suman Kanungo, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Shahida Qureshi, Farheen Quadri, Anowar Hossain, Sumon K Das, Martin Antonio, M Jahangir Hossain, Inacio Mandomando, Tacilta Nhampossa, Sozinho Acácio, Richard Omore, Joseph O Oundo, John B Ochieng, Eric D Mintz, Ciara E O'Reilly, Lynette Y Berkeley, Sofie Livio, Sharon M Tennant, Halvor Sommerfelt, James P Nataro, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Roy M Robins-Browne, Vladimir Mishcherkin, Jixian Zhang, Jie Liu, Eric R Houpt, Karen L Kotloff, Myron M Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878811?pdf=render

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