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SUBMITTER: Delahoy MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057667 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Delahoy Miranda J MJ Omore Richard R Ayers Tracy L TL Schilling Katharine A KA Blackstock Anna J AJ Ochieng J Benjamin JB Moke Feny F Jaron Peter P Awuor Alex A Okonji Caleb C Juma Jane J Farag Tamer H TH Nasrin Dilruba D Panchalingam Sandra S Nataro James P JP Kotloff Karen L KL Levine Myron M MM Oundo Joseph J Roellig Dawn M DM Xiao Lihua L Parsons Michele B MB Laserson Kayla K Mintz Eric D ED Breiman Robert F RF O'Reilly Ciara E CE
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20180712 7
<h4>Background</h4>Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children in Africa. We examined factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection in MSD cases enrolled at the rural western Kenya Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) site from 2008-2012.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>At health facility enrollment, stool samples were tested for enteric pathogens and data on clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics collected. Each child's ...[more]