2007-09-06Zeitschriftenartikel
Acute childhood diarrhoea in northern Ghana: epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics
Reither, Klaus; Ignatius, Ralf; Weitzel, Thomas; Seidu-Korkor, Andrew; Anyidoho, Louis; Saad, Eiman; Djie-Maletz, Andrea; Ziniel, Peter; Amoo-Sakyi, Felicia; Danikuu, Francis; Danour, Stephen; Otchwemah, Rowland N.; Schreier, Eckart; Bienzle, Ulrich; Stark, Klaus; Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
Background: Acute diarrhoea is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Its microbiological causes and clinico-epidemiological aspects were examined during the dry season 2005/6 in Tamale, ...