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Acute kidney injury due to diarrhoeal diseases in children: a systematic review [PDF]

BMJ Paediatrics Open
Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major health concern, disproportionately affecting children in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs).
Valerie A Luyckx, Adewale E Adetunji, Lea M Merz, Nivedita Kamath   +3 more
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Travellers' Diarrhoea [PDF]

Practice Nursing, 1993
Diarrhoea is almost inevitable when visiting underdeveloped countries. Rodney Cartwright explains what precautions can be taken.
R C, Arduino, H L, DuPont
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Serum/Faecal S100A12, CRP and lactoferrin can be used to distinguish ınfectious and non‐ınfectious canine diarrhoea

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacies of selected inflammatory and intestinal biomarkers in cases of infectious and non‐infectious diarrhoea in dogs. Methods A total of 60 dogs, 12 healthy (Control Group) and 48 with diarrhoea
Mehmet Maden, Erdem Gülersoy
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Prevalence and predictors of oral rehydration therapy, zinc, and other treatments for diarrhoea among children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Despite the evidence-based effectiveness of diarrhoea treatment in preventing diarrhoea-related child mortality, the accessibility and utilization of diarrhoea treatments remain low in sub-Saharan Africa, even though these treatments are ...
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, James Boadu Frimpong, Abdul Cadri, Agani Afaya, John Elvis Hagan, Sanni Yaya   +7 more
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The impact of the rotavirus vaccine on diarrhoea, five years following national introduction in Fiji

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2021
Background: In 2012, Fiji became the first independent Pacific island country to introduce rotavirus vaccine. We describe the impact of rotavirus vaccine on all-cause diarrhoea admissions in all ages, and rotavirus diarrhoea in children
Adam W.J. Jenney, Rita Reyburn, Felisita T. Ratu, Evelyn Tuivaga, Cattram Nguyen, Sokoveti Covea, Sarah Thomas, Eric Rafai, Rachel Devi, Kathryn Bright, Kylie Jenkins, Beth Temple, Lisi Tikoduadua, Joe Kado, E. Kim Mulholland, Carl D. Kirkwood, Kimberley K. Fox, Julie E. Bines, Varja Grabovac, Aalisha Sahu Khan, Mike Kama, Fiona M. Russell   +21 more
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Assessing the relationship of recommended diarrhea case management practices with the nutritional status of children aged between 0 to 59.9 months. [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

Health Open Research, 2023
Background Paediatric diarrhoea and malnutrition have a bidirectional relationship, which in turn augments the presence of each other. The diarrhoeal diseases in children can be prevented by using oral rehydration solution (ORS) and oral zinc sulfate ...
Zohra S. Lassi, Shamshad Karatela, Abdul Rehman Shah Syed, Asif Khaliq, Muhammad Fawad Tahir, River Holmes-Stahlman   +5 more
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Serum Zinc Concentrations in Children with Acute Bloody and Watery Diarrhoea

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2015
Objectives: The role of zinc in the pathogenesis of diarrhoea is controversial. This study was conducted to compare serum zinc levels in children with acute diarrhoea to those found in healthy children. Methods: This case-control study was carried out at
Abolfazl Mahyar, Parviz Ayazi, Victoria Chegini, Mehdi Sahmani, Sonia Oveisi, Shiva Esmaeily   +5 more
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Susceptibility of field-collected Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) sand flies from Bangladesh and Nepal to different insecticides

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes is the vector for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian sub-continent. In Bangladesh since 2012, indoor residual spraying (IRS) was applied in VL endemic areas using deltamethrin.
Rajib Chowdhury, Murari Lal Das, Vashkar Chowdhury, Lalita Roy, Shyla Faria, Jyoti Priyanka, Sakila Akter, Narayan Prosad Maheswary, Rajaul Karim Khan, Daniel Argaw, Axel Kroeger   +10 more
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Accounting for recent trends in the prevalence of diarrhoea in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) : results from consecutive cross-sectional surveys [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To analyse trends in diarrhoea prevalence by maternal education, access to clean water and improved sanitation, household wealth index; to identify the sources of variation and assess contribution of changes in socioeconomic characteristics ...
Emina Be-Ofuriyua, Jacques, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin   +1 more
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Investigating the development of diarrhoea through gene expression analysis in sheep genetically resistant to gastrointestinal helminth infection

Scientific Reports, 2022
Gastrointestinal helminths infect livestock causing health problems including severe diarrhoea. To explore the underlying biological mechanisms relating to development and control of diarrhoea, we compared 4 sheep that were susceptible to development of ...
Shamshad Ul Hassan, Eng Guan Chua, Erwin A. Paz, Parwinder Kaur, Chin Yen Tay, Johan C. Greeff, Shimin Liu, Graeme B. Martin   +7 more
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