Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to assess the aetiology, burden, and clinical characteristics of diarrhoea in children in low-resource settings: a reanalysis of the MAL-ED cohort study

• Main Authors: James A Platts-Mills, MD (Author), Jie Liu, PhD (Author), Elizabeth T Rogawski, PhD (Author), Furqan Kabir, MSc (Author), Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, PhD (Author), Mery Siguas, BSc (Author), Shaila S Khan, MSc (Author), Ira Praharaj, MD (Author), Arinao Murei, BSc (Author), Rosemary Nshama, BSc (Author), Buliga Mujaga, BSc (Author), Alexandre Havt, PhD (Author), Irene A Maciel, PhD (Author), Timothy L McMurry, PhD (Author), Darwin J Operario, PhD (Author), Mami Taniuchi, PhD (Author), Jean Gratz, MS (Author), Suzanne E Stroup, MS (Author), James H Roberts (Author), Adil Kalam, MSc (Author), Fatima Aziz, MSc (Author), Shahida Qureshi, MSc (Author), M Ohedul Islam, MSc (Author), Pimmada Sakpaisal, MSc (Author), Sasikorn Silapong, B BSc (Author), Pablo P Yori, MPH (Author), Revathi Rajendiran, MSc (Author), Blossom Benny, MSc (Author), Monica McGrath, ScD (Author), Benjamin J J McCormick, DPhil (Author), Jessica C Seidman, PhD (Author), Dennis Lang, PhD (Author), Michael Gottlieb, PhD (Author), Richard L Guerrant, MD (Author), Aldo A M Lima, ProfPhD (Author), Jose Paulo Leite, PhD (Author), Amidou Samie, PhD (Author), Pascal O Bessong, ProfPhD (Author), Nicola Page, PhD (Author), Ladaporn Bodhidatta, MD (Author), Carl Mason, MD (Author), Sanjaya Shrestha, MD (Author), Ireen Kiwelu, PhD (Author), Estomih R Mduma, MPH (Author), Najeeha T Iqbal, PhD (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta, ProfPhD (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed, ProfMBBS (Author), Rashidul Haque, PhD (Author), Gagandeep Kang, ProfMD (Author), Margaret N Kosek, MD (Author), Eric R Houpt, ProfMD (Author), Angel Mendez Acosta (Author), Rosa Rios de Burga (Author), Cesar Banda Chavez (Author), Julian Torres Flores (Author), Maribel Paredes Olotegui (Author), Silvia Rengifo Pinedo (Author), Dixner Rengifo Trigoso (Author), Angel Orbe Vasquez (Author), Imran Ahmed (Author), Didar Alam (Author), Asad Ali (Author), Muneera Rasheed (Author), Sajid Soofi (Author), Ali Turab (Author), Aisha Yousafzai (Author), Anita KM Zaidi (Author), Binob Shrestha (Author), Bishnu Bahadur Rayamajhi (Author), Tor Strand (Author), Geetha Ammu (Author), Sudhir Babji (Author), Anuradha Bose (Author), Ajila T George (Author), Dinesh Hariraju (Author), M. Steffi Jennifer (Author), Sushil John (Author), Shiny Kaki (Author), Priyadarshani Karunakaran (Author), Beena Koshy (Author), Robin P Lazarus (Author), Jayaprakash Muliyil (Author), Preethi Ragasudha (Author), Mohan Venkata Raghava (Author), Sophy Raju (Author), Anup Ramachandran (Author), Rakhi Ramadas (Author), Karthikeyan Ramanujam (Author), Anuradha Rose (Author), Reeba Roshan (Author), Srujan L Sharma (Author), Shanmuga Sundaram (Author), Rahul J Thomas (Author), William K Pan (Author), Ramya Ambikapathi (Author), J Daniel Carreon (Author), Viyada Doan (Author), Christel Hoest (Author), Stacey Knobler (Author), Mark A Miller (Author), Stephanie Psaki (Author), Zeba Rasmussen (Author), Stephanie A Richard (Author), Karen H Tountas (Author), Erling Svensen (Author), Caroline Amour (Author), Eliwaza Bayyo (Author), Regisiana Mvungi (Author), John Pascal (Author), Ladislaus Yarrot (Author), Leah Barrett (Author), Rebecca Dillingham (Author), William A Petri (Author), Rebecca Scharf (Author), AM Shamsir Ahmed (Author), Md Ashraful Alam (Author), Umma Haque (Author), Md Iqbal Hossain (Author), Munirul Islam (Author), Mustafa Mahfuz (Author), Dinesh Mondal (Author), Baitun Nahar (Author), Fahmida Tofail (Author), Ram Krishna Chandyo (Author), Prakash Sunder Shrestha (Author), Rita Shrestha (Author), Manjeswori Ulak (Author), Aubrey Bauck (Author), Robert Black (Author), Laura Caulfield (Author), William Checkley (Author), Gwenyth Lee (Author), Kerry Schulze (Author), Samuel Scott (Author), Laura E Murray-Kolb (Author), A Catharine Ross (Author), Barbara Schaefer (Author), Suzanne Simons (Author), Laura Pendergast (Author), Cláudia B Abreu (Author), Hilda Costa (Author), Alessandra Di Moura (Author), José Quirino Filho (Author), Álvaro M Leite (Author), Noélia L Lima (Author), Ila F Lima (Author), Bruna LL Maciel (Author), Pedro HQS Medeiros (Author), Milena Moraes (Author), Francisco S Mota (Author), Reinaldo B Oriá (Author), Josiane Quetz (Author), Alberto M Soares (Author), Rosa MS Mota (Author), Crystal L Patil (Author), Cloupas Mahopo (Author), Angelina Maphula (Author), Emanuel Nyathi (Author)
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• Published: Elsevier, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: Optimum management of childhood diarrhoea in low-resource settings has been hampered by insufficient data on aetiology, burden, and associated clinical characteristics. We used quantitative diagnostic methods to reassess and refine estimates of diarrhoea aetiology from the Etiol...