Publications
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epidemiological study on infectious diarrheal diseases in children in a coastal rural area of kenya. | diarrheal diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. we have analyzed the causative agents of diarrhea in children under five years of age who resided in rural environments but attended a hospital in malindi, a coastal town in kenya. bacterial diarrhea was found in 239 (27.7%) of 862 patients with diarrhea. diarrheagenic escherichia coli, including enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic, and enterohaemorrhagic strains, was isolated from 119 (13.8%) pa ... | 1997 | 9403500 |