Prevalence of diarrhoea, and associated risk factors, in children aged 0-5 years, at two hospitals in Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria
| Autor: | Ebube Charles Amaechi, Camelita Chima Ohaeri, Adanma Florence Nwaoha |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Veterinary medicine
030504 nursing biology business.industry Nigeria Hygiene lcsh:A General Medicine biology.organism_classification Diarrhoea 03 medical and health sciences Umuahia 0302 clinical medicine higiene Medicine factores de riesgo 030212 general & internal medicine Risk factor lcsh:General Works 0305 other medical science business Diarrea Humanities Abia |
| Zdroj: | Cuadernos de investigación UNED, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2017) UNED Research Journal; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017); 7-14 UNED Research Journal; Vol. 9 Núm. 1 (2017); 7-14 Portal de Revistas UNED Universidad Estatal a Distancia instacron:UNED Cuadernos de Investigación UNED, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-7, Published: JUN 2017 |
| ISSN: | 1659-4266 1659-441X |
| Popis: | Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age. This study aimed at identifying the most common parasites and potential risk factors for diarrhoea among children 0-5 years attending Abia State Specialist hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, in south eastern Nigeria. We used 400 faecal samples from children with diarrhoea –and 200 without– in combination with hospital-based case control and a questionnaire Stool samples were processed with direct normal saline and formal-ether sedimentation method for parasitological studies. More males than females were infected in nearly all age groups in both diarrhoeal and control groups (X2=23.04, df=1, P |
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