Burden of rotavirus and other enteropathogens among children with diarrhea in Burkina Faso

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Authors

Léon W. Nitièma · Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Johan Nordgren · Linköping University

Djénèba Ouermi · Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Dayéri Dianou · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique

Alfred S. Traoré · Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Lennart Svensson · Linköping University

Jacques Simporè

Abstract

This study demonstrates rotavirus as the main etiological agent in pediatric diarrhea in Burkina Faso, and further shows the great severity of rotavirus-induced diarrhea in undernourished children in Burkina Faso.

Topics & Keywords

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Child Nutrition and Water Access Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. e646-e652

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.009

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