ETIOLOGY OF DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN IFAKARA, TANZANIA

• DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.536
• Publication Date: 2018-09-01T06:01:01Z
• Authors: MARTHA VARGAS; JOAQUIM GASCÓN; CLIMENT CASALS; DAVID SCHELLENBERG; HONORATI URASSA; ELISEUS KAHIGWA; JOAQUIM RUIZ; JORDI VILA
• Keywords: Wet season; Dry season; Giardia lamblia; Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

A total of 451 stool specimens were collected from children less than five years age with acute diarrhea Ifakara, Tanzania and processed to detect bacterial enteropathogens, parasites, rotaviruses. These divided into 348 the dry season 103 rainy season. Overall, diarrheogenic Escherichia coli (35.7%) predominant enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteroaggregative enteropathogenic being most prevalent. Moreover, (63% versus 35.5%; P < 0.05), Shigella spp. (24% 12%; rotavirus (23% 4%; 0.05) more prevalent in (51.6% 20%; Giardia lamblia (14% 1%;