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SUBMITTER: Schilling KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5508904 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Schilling Katharine A KA Omore Richard R Derado Gordana G Ayers Tracy T Ochieng John B JB 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 Parsons Michelle B MB Bopp Cheryl C Laserson Kayla K Stauber Christine E CE Rothenberg Richard R Breiman Robert F RF O'Reilly Ciara E CE Mintz Eric D ED
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20170701 1
Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of death among young children worldwide. As rates of acute diarrhea (AD; 1-6 days duration) have decreased, persistent diarrhea (PD; > 14 days duration) accounts for a greater proportion of the diarrheal disease burden. We describe factors associated with the duration of moderate-to-severe diarrhea in Kenyan children < 5 years old enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study. We found 587 (58%) children experienced AD, 360 (35%) had prolonged acute diarrh ...[more]