Diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in children less than 5 years of age in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) are considered as an emerging enteropathogen causing diarrhea in children. Eight hundred and thirty-six (836) children less than 5 years of age including 587 children with diarrhea and 249 age-matched controls were involved in the study. Within the group of children with diarrhea, 7.

Etiology and epidemiology of diarrhea in children in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Objectives: This paper provides a preliminary picture of diarrhea with regards to etiology, clinical symptoms, and some related epidemiologic factors in children less than five years of age living in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Methods: The study population included 587 children with diarrhea and 249 age-matched healthy controls. The identification of pathogens was carried out by the conventional methods in combination with ELISA, immunoseparation, and PCR.

Detection and characterization of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from young children in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Diarrhea continues to be one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among infants and children in developing countries. Escherichia coli is an emerging agent among pathogens that cause diarrhea. The development of a highly applicable technique for the detection of different categories of diarrheagenic E.

Diarrhea caused by rotavirus in children less than 5 years of age in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Group A rotaviruses are the major cause of diarrhea in young children worldwide. From March 2001 to April 2002, 836 children less than 5 years of age were investigated in Hanoi, Vietnam. This included 587 children with diarrhea and 249 age-matched controls.