Diarrheal disease and enteric infections in LMIC communities: how big is the problem?
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Diarrheal disease and enteric infections in LMIC communities: how big is the problem?
Studies of enteric diseases have historically focused on observations of clinical diarrhea as a cause of mortality and morbidity. Emerging evidence suggests that diarrhea dramatically underestimates both exposure to enteropathogens and the long-term consequences arising from infection. High burden of pathogens in the gut, even in the absence of diarrhea, is common in infants in low and middle i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2055-0936
DOI: 10.1186/s40794-016-0028-7