Animal-related factors associated with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in children younger than five years in western Kenya: A matched case-control study.

• Main Authors: Anne Conan (Author), Ciara E O'Reilly (Author), Eric Ogola (Author), J Benjamin Ochieng (Author), Anna J Blackstock (Author), Richard Omore (Author), Linus Ochieng (Author), Fenny Moke (Author), Michele B Parsons (Author), Lihua Xiao (Author), Dawn Roellig (Author), Tamer H Farag (Author), James P Nataro (Author), Karen L Kotloff (Author), Myron M Levine (Author), Eric D Mintz (Author), Robert F Breiman (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author), Darryn L Knobel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diarrheal disease remains among the leading causes of global mortality in children younger than 5 years. Exposure to domestic animals may be a risk factor for diarrheal disease. The objectives of this study were to identify animal-related exposures associated with cases of moderate-to-severe diarrhe...