A comparison of diarrheal severity scores in the MAL-ED multisite community-based cohort study

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 466-473

  Lee, Gwenyth O ^a   Richard, Stephanie A ^b   Kang, Gagandeep ^c   Houpt, Eric R ^d   Seidman, Jessica C ^b   Pendergast, Laura L ^e   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^f   Mduma, Estomih R ^g   Lima, Aldo A ^h   Bessong, Pascal ⁱ   Jennifer, Mats Steffi ^c   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^g   Chandyo, Ram Krishna ^j,l   Nyathi, Emanuel ^k   Lima, Ila F ⁱ   Pascal, John ^g   Soofi, Sajid ^a   Ladaporn, Bodhidatta ^m   Guerrant, Richard L ^d   Caulfield, Laura E ^a   Black, Robert E ^a   Kosek, Margaret N ^a   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^m ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

more..

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRIDAE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLARK SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAL SEVERITY SCORE COMMUNITY DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSENTERY; FEVER; GIARDIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE WORKER DIAGNOSED DEHYDRATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED VESIKARI SCORE; NOROVIRUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTAVIRUS; VALIDITY; VOMITING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84976330083     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001286     Document Type: Article

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