Etiology of acute gastroenteritis among children less than 5 years of age in Bucaramanga, Colombia: A case-control study.

• Main Authors: Ana E Farfán-García (Author), Aamer Imdad (Author), Chengxian Zhang (Author), Mónica Y Arias-Guerrero (Author), Nayibe T Sánchez-Álvarez (Author), Junaid Iqbal (Author), Adriana E Hernández-Gamboa (Author), James C Slaughter (Author), Oscar G Gómez-Duarte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children aged less than 5 years in low- and middle-income countries where limited access to potable water, poor sanitation, deficient hygiene, and food product contamination are prevalent. Resea...