Open AccessEpidemiological study of bloody diarrhoea among children in baghdad in Iraq
Author(s) -
Waqar Al-Kubaisy,
Amer Al Badre,
Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar,
Nik Shamsidah N.I
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/1603
Subject(s) - medicine , bloody diarrhea , bloody , sanitation , epidemiology , entamoeba histolytica , shigella , dysentery , environmental health , diarrhea , pediatrics , salmonella , surgery , immunology , pathology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Diarrhoea is a preventable and treatable disease; however it is still a major public health problem particularly in the developing world. Bloody diarrhoea in young children is usually a sign of invasive enteric infection that carries risk of serious morbidity and death. In Iraq, diarrhoea is the second common cause of mortalities among children.
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