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Aetiology and factors associated with bacterial diarrhoeal diseases amongst urban refugee children in Eastleigh, Kenya: A case control study

Introduction: Kenya is home to over 400 000 refugees from neighbouring countries. There is scanty information about diarrhoea amongst urban refugees in Kenya. Objectives: We investigated the enteric bacteria causing diarrhoea amongst urban refugee children and described the associated factors. Metho...

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Main Authors:	Waqo G. Boru (Author), Gideon Kikuvi (Author), Jared Omollo (Author), Ahmed Abade (Author), Samuel Amwayi (Author), William Ampofo (Author), Elizabeth T. Luman (Author), Joseph Oundo (Author)
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Published:	AOSIS, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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