to determine the effective factors on persistent diarrhea in under five year old children (un5), a total of 1341 subjects were selected between cases referred to sanandaj children hospital for diarrhea in the period between 1st june and 22nd october 1994. the children were questioned for prolongation of diarrheal episode after 14 days of its onset. the investigation showed that the duration of ...

Safe domestic potable water supplies are urgently needed to reduce childhood diarrheal disease. In periurban neighborhoods in Cochabamba, Bolivia, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a household-level hollow fiber filter and/or behavior change communication (BCC) on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to reduce the diarrheal disease in children less ...

aeromonas hydrophila secretes several extracellular proteins including enterotoxin, hemolysin and aerolysin that are associated with the bacterial virulence. previous studies have shown that two hemolytic toxins, hemolysin a and aerolysin a contribute to the virulence of aeromonas hydrophila. in the current study, a total of 50 strains of aeromonas hydrophila, including 28 (56%) strains isolate...

Diarrheal disease is still one of the main causes pain and death in world. Diarrhea has attacked all age groups severe illness with high mortality obtained infants children. Poor environmental conditions are factors increasing incidence diarrhea. To overcome problems, thing that can be done to increase public awareness knowledge indicators health through devotion. This community service uses le...

background: the purpose of this study was to find out the frequency of different serotypes of enteropathogenic es­cherichia coli (epec) among healthy/diarrheal cases. methods: a total of 191 strains, 111 from diarrheal and 80 from asymptomatic persons were examined. determination of the epec sero­groups was performed by agglutination tests using polyvalent and monovalent o antiserum. pcr-rflp a...

objective: the present study was undertaken to evaluate the possible analgesic, neuropharmacological, anti-diarrheal, and cytotoxic activities of the ethanol extract of leaves of solanum sisymbriifolium lam. (family: solanaceae). materials and methods: the analgesic activity was measured by acetic acid-induced writhing inhibition test. the neuropharmacological activities were evaluated using ho...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal illnesses remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with increasing recognition of long-term sequelae, including postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome and growth faltering, as well as cognitive deficits in children. Identification of specific etiologic agents is often lacking. In vitro and in vivo data suggest that enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (E...

INTRODUCTION Diarrheal diseases remain one of the most important public health challenges worldwide. In 2011, Ghana recorded average annual diarrheal cases of 2,218 per 100,000 populations for children under-five with Ashanti region recording the third highest. In the Atwima Nwabiagya District, summary statistics are done without detailed analysis. We analyzed diarrheal surveillance data to det...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal illness is the most common medical disorder among travelers from developed to developing countries and is common among expatriate residents in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To assess the risk factors for and incidence of diarrheal illness among Americans living in a developing country. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. SETTING Rural Guatemala. PATIENTS Cohort...

Diarrheal disease is one of the most important worldwide health problems. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is the most frequently isolated enteropathogen in diarrheal diseases. In developing countries, a very large number of people, especially children, suffer from diarrhea. To combat this problem, World Health Organization has constituted the Diarrhea Diseases Control Program which guid...