Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED)

• Main Authors: James A Platts-Mills, MD (Author), Sudhir Babji, MD (Author), Ladaporn Bodhidatta, MD (Author), Jean Gratz, BSc (Author), Rashidul Haque, MD (Author), Alexandre Havt, PhD (Author), Benjamin JJ McCormick, DPhil (Author), Monica McGrath, ScD (Author), Maribel Paredes Olortegui, BSc (Author), Amidou Samie, PhD (Author), Sadia Shakoor, MBBS (Author), Dinesh Mondal, MD (Author), Ila FN Lima, PhD (Author), Dinesh Hariraju, MSc (Author), Bishnu B Rayamajhi, BSc (Author), Shahida Qureshi, MSc (Author), Furqan Kabir, MSc (Author), Pablo P Yori, MPH (Author), Brenda Mufamadi, BTech (Author), Caroline Amour, MSc (Author), J Daniel Carreon, MS (Author), Stephanie A Richard, PhD (Author), Dennis Lang, PhD (Author), Pascal Bessong, PhD (Author), Esto Mduma, MPH (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed, MBBS (Author), Aldo AAM Lima, MD (Author), Carl J Mason, MD (Author), Anita KM Zaidi, MBBS (Author), Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD (Author), Margaret Kosek, MD (Author), Richard L Guerrant, MD (Author), Michael Gottlieb, PhD (Author), Mark Miller, MD (Author), Gagandeep Kang, MD (Author), Dr. Eric R Houpt, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few estimates of pathogen-specific diarrhoea burdens in the community. Methods: We undertook a birth cohort study with not only int...