Diarrhoeal disease and subsequent risk of death in infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of the GEMS case-control study and 12-month GEMS-1A follow-on study

• Main Authors: Myron M Levine, ProfMD (Author), Dilruba Nasrin, PhD (Author), Sozinho Acácio, MD (Author), Quique Bassat, ProfMD (Author), Helen Powell, PhD (Author), Sharon M Tennant, PhD (Author), Samba O Sow, ProfMD (Author), Dipika Sur, MD (Author), Anita K M Zaidi, ProfMBBS (Author), Abu S G Faruque, MD (Author), M Jahangir Hossain, MBBS (Author), Pedro L Alonso, ProfMD (Author), Robert F Breiman, ProfMD (Author), Ciara E O'Reilly, PhD (Author), Eric D Mintz, MD (Author), Richard Omore, PhD (Author), John B Ochieng, MSc (Author), Joseph O Oundo, PhD (Author), Boubou Tamboura, PharmD (Author), Doh Sanogo, MD (Author), Uma Onwuchekwa, MS (Author), Byomkesh Manna, PhD (Author), Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, PhD (Author), Suman Kanungo, MBBS (Author), Shahnawaz Ahmed, MBBS (Author), Shahida Qureshi, MSc (Author), Farheen Quadri, MBBS (Author), Anowar Hossain, MD (Author), Sumon K Das, MBBS (Author), Martin Antonio, PhD (Author), Debasish Saha, MBBS (Author), Inacio Mandomando, PhD (Author), William C Blackwelder, ProfPhD (Author), Tamer Farag, PhD (Author), Yukun Wu, PhD (Author), Eric R Houpt, ProfMD (Author), Jaco J Verweiij, PhD (Author), Halvor Sommerfelt, ProfPhD (Author), James P Nataro, ProfMD (Author), Roy M Robins-Browne, ProfPhD (Author), Karen L Kotloff, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) was a 3-year case-control study that measured the burden, aetiology, and consequences of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea (MSD) in children aged 0-59 months. GEMS-1A, a 12-month follow-on study, comprised two parallel case-control studies,...