Clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics associated with Cryptosporidium infection among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

• Main Authors: Miranda J Delahoy (Author), Richard Omore (Author), Tracy L Ayers (Author), Katharine A Schilling (Author), Anna J Blackstock (Author), J Benjamin Ochieng (Author), Feny Moke (Author), Peter Jaron (Author), Alex Awuor (Author), Caleb Okonji (Author), Jane Juma (Author), Tamer H Farag (Author), Dilruba Nasrin (Author), Sandra Panchalingam (Author), James P Nataro (Author), Karen L Kotloff (Author), Myron M Levine (Author), Joseph Oundo (Author), Dawn M Roellig (Author), Lihua Xiao (Author), Michele B Parsons (Author), Kayla Laserson (Author), Eric D Mintz (Author), Robert F Breiman (Author), Ciara E O'Reilly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children in Africa. We examined factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection in MSD cases enrolled at the rural western Kenya Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) site from 2008-2012. METHODOLOGY/PRIN...