Increase in the detection rate of viral and parasitic enteric pathogens among Egyptian children with acute diarrhea
Author(s) -
Hanan El-Mohammady,
Adel Mansour,
Hind I. Shaheen,
Nagwa H. Henien,
Mohamed S. Motawea,
Ismail Raafat,
Manal Moustafa,
Ibrahim A. Adib-Messih,
Peter J. Sebeny,
Sylvia Y. N. Young,
John D. Klena
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2349
Subject(s) - diarrhea , virology , enteric fever , acute diarrhea , enteric virus , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , typhoid fever
Acute diarrhea continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children from developing countries. Determination of the frequency of diarrhea in an area, along with the proportion of disease caused by specific enteric agents of different origins, is considered the first step in controlling diarrheal diseases.
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