| seasonal distribution of enteropathogens detected from diarrheal stool and water samples collected in kathmandu, nepal. | a total of 334 diarrheal fecal samples (from 210 males and 124 females) collected in kathmandu, nepal, were studied for various kinds of enteropathogens. overall, 33% (111/334) fecal samples were positive for one or more enteropathogens. there was no difference in detection rates between males and females. enteropathogen detection rates in summer, winter, spring, and autumn were 61% (40/66), 52% (45/87), 31% (25/81), and 25% (25/100), respectively. altogether eight species of bacteria, three gen ... | 2001 | 11944710 |
| evaluation of rapid diagnostic methods for pediatric viral diarrhea using samples collected in nepal and japan. | we evaluated real time pcr, elisa and immunochromatography (icg) test systems for detection of diarrheagenic viruses (rotavirus, adenovirus and norovirus) in pediatric diarrheal fecal samples collected in kathmandu, nepal (n = 23) and in kobe, japan (n = 25) in summer of 2004. of the 23 samples collected in nepal, one (4.3%) was positive for rotavirus and two (8.7%) for adenovirus whereas six out of 25 samples (24.0%) collected in japan were positive for norovirus. of the japanese samples, 11 (4 ... | 2004 | 16295734 |
| parasites detected from diarrheal stool samples collected in nepal. | intestinal parasites were investigated in 396 diarrheal stool samples collected from individuals aged 1 to 68 years (males: 239 and females: 157) in nepal. samples were collected at different medical centers located in kathmandu and from two public schools in a village setting in kathmandu valley and outside, during october 1999 to january 2001. the stool samples were mixed with 2% dichromate solution and transported to japan for investigations. parasites were detected by employing the formal-et ... | 2004 | 15272739 |