The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical...

Abstract

When completed, GEMS will provide estimates of the incidence, etiology, and outcomes of MSD among infants and young children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This information can guide development and implementation of public health interventions to diminish morbidity and mortality from diarrheal diseases.

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Diarrheal diseaseMedicineMulticenter studyDeveloping countryDiarrheaPediatricsEpidemiologyEnvironmental healthCase-control studyDiarrheal diseasesDisease controlDiseaseIntensive care medicinePathologyRandomized controlled trialEconomic growth

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 55
Issue: suppl_4
Pages: S232-S245
Citations: 369
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                                    Karen L. Kotloff, 
                                
                                    William C. Blackwelder, 
                                
                                    Dilruba Nasrin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of Diarrheal Disease in Infants and Young Children in Developing Countries: Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods of the Case/Control Study. 
                            Clinical Infectious Diseases
                            , 55
                            (suppl_4)
                            , S232-S245.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis753
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis753