Sanitation and Hygiene-Specific Risk Factors for Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Young Children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2007-2011: Case-Control Study.

Sanitation and Hygiene-Specific Risk Factors for Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Young Children in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2007-2011: Case-Control Study.

Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of disease in children less than 5 y of age. Poor water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions are the primary routes of exposure and infection. Sanitation and hygiene interventions are estimated to generate a 36% and 48% reduction in diarrheal risk in youn...

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Main Authors: Kelly K Baker, Ciara E O'Reilly, Myron M Levine, Karen L Kotloff, James P Nataro, Tracy L Ayers, Tamer H Farag, Dilruba Nasrin, William C Blackwelder, Yukun Wu, Pedro L Alonso, Robert F Breiman, Richard Omore, Abu S G Faruque, Sumon Kumar Das, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Debasish Saha, Samba O Sow, Dipika Sur, Anita K M Zaidi, Fahreen Quadri, Eric D Mintz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854459?pdf=render

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