Etiology and Epidemiology of Diarrhea in Hospitalized Children from Low Income Country: A Matched Case-Control Study in Central African Republic.

• Main Authors: Sébastien Breurec (Author), Noémie Vanel (Author), Petulla Bata (Author), Loïc Chartier (Author), Alain Farra (Author), Loïc Favennec (Author), Thierry Franck (Author), Tamara Giles-Vernick (Author), Jean-Chrysostome Gody (Author), Liem Binh Luong Nguyen (Author), Manuella Onambélé (Author), Clotaire Rafaï (Author), Romy Razakandrainibe (Author), Laura Tondeur (Author), Vianney Tricou (Author), Philippe Sansonetti (Author), Muriel Vray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:In Sub-Saharan Africa, infectious diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. A case-control study was conducted to identify the etiology of diarrhea and to describe its main epidemiologic risk factors among hospitalized children under five years old in Bangui, Central African R...