The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

• Main Authors: Samba O Sow (Author), Khitam Muhsen (Author), Dilruba Nasrin (Author), William C Blackwelder (Author), Yukun Wu (Author), Tamer H Farag (Author), Sandra Panchalingam (Author), Dipika Sur (Author), Anita K M Zaidi (Author), Abu S G Faruque (Author), Debasish Saha (Author), Richard Adegbola (Author), Pedro L Alonso (Author), Robert F Breiman (Author), Quique Bassat (Author), Boubou Tamboura (Author), Doh Sanogo (Author), Uma Onwuchekwa (Author), Byomkesh Manna (Author), Thandavarayan Ramamurthy (Author), Suman Kanungo (Author), Shahnawaz Ahmed (Author), Shahida Qureshi (Author), Farheen Quadri (Author), Anowar Hossain (Author), Sumon K Das (Author), Martin Antonio (Author), M Jahangir Hossain (Author), Inacio Mandomando (Author), Tacilta Nhampossa (Author), Sozinho Acácio (Author), Richard Omore (Author), Joseph O Oundo (Author), John B Ochieng (Author), Eric D Mintz (Author), Ciara E O'Reilly (Author), Lynette Y Berkeley (Author), Sofie Livio (Author), Sharon M Tennant (Author), Halvor Sommerfelt (Author), James P Nataro (Author), Tomer Ziv-Baran (Author), Roy M Robins-Browne (Author), Vladimir Mishcherkin (Author), Jixian Zhang (Author), Jie Liu (Author), Eric R Houpt (Author), Karen L Kotloff (Author), Myron M Levine (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The importance of Cryptosporidium as a pediatric enteropathogen in developing countries is recognized. METHODS:Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), a 3-year, 7-site, case-control study of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and GEMS-1A (1-year study of MSD and less-severe...