TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Attribution of malnutrition to cause-specific diarrheal illness: Evidence from a prospective study of preschool children in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
AU - Mondal, Dinesh
AU - Haque, Rashidul
AU - Sack, R. Bradley
AU - Kirkpatrick, Beth D.
AU - Petri, William A.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - We examined whether malnutrition (underweight [WAZ] <-2) increased the risk of diarrhea equally for all enteropathogens. The study was conducted prospectively between January 1999 and July 2002 in Mirpur, an urban slum in Dhaka. Two hundred eighty-nine Bangladeshi children (147 male and 142 female) 2-5 years of age were included in the study. Malnutrition was present in 39% of the children at the time of enrollment. The parents and children were visited and interviewed every other day by health care workers for details about any diarrheal episodes. Stool samples were suc-cessfully collected from 62% of episodes of diarrhea. Of the identified enteropathogens, only enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Cryptosporidium sp., and Entamoeba histolytica were significantly more prevalent in malnourished children. We concluded that the malnutrition attributed risk is not equal for enteric pathogens associated with diarrheal illness.
AB - We examined whether malnutrition (underweight [WAZ] <-2) increased the risk of diarrhea equally for all enteropathogens. The study was conducted prospectively between January 1999 and July 2002 in Mirpur, an urban slum in Dhaka. Two hundred eighty-nine Bangladeshi children (147 male and 142 female) 2-5 years of age were included in the study. Malnutrition was present in 39% of the children at the time of enrollment. The parents and children were visited and interviewed every other day by health care workers for details about any diarrheal episodes. Stool samples were suc-cessfully collected from 62% of episodes of diarrhea. Of the identified enteropathogens, only enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Cryptosporidium sp., and Entamoeba histolytica were significantly more prevalent in malnourished children. We concluded that the malnutrition attributed risk is not equal for enteric pathogens associated with diarrheal illness.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=66149092281&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=66149092281&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.824
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.824
M3 - Article
C2 - 19407131
AN - SCOPUS:66149092281
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 80
SP - 824
EP - 826
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -