Clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics associated with Cryptosporidium infection among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS).

Miranda J DelahoyRichard OmoreTracy L AyersKatharine A SchillingAnna J BlackstockJ Benjamin OchiengFeny MokePeter JaronAlex AwuorCaleb OkonjiJane JumaTamer H FaragDilruba NasrinSandra PanchalingamJames P NataroKaren L KotloffMyron M LevineJoseph OundoDawn M RoelligLihua XiaoMichele B ParsonsKayla LasersonEric D MintzRobert F BreimanCiara E O'Reilly

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)

Cryptosporidium contributes significantly to diarrheal illness in young children in western Kenya. Advances in point of care detection, prevention/control approaches, effective water treatment technologies, and clinical management options for children with cryptosporidiosis are needed.

Keyphrases

south africa
young adults
early onset
risk assessment
clostridium difficile
loop mediated isothermal amplification