Pathogen-Specific Risk Factors and Protective Factors for Acute Diarrheal Disease in Urban Brazilian Infants

To evaluate potential risk factors and protective factors for acute diarrheal disease in urban infants, 500 infants ⩽12 months old with diarrhea and 500 age-matched control subjects coming to a Sao Paulo emergency room were studied. On multivariate analysis, these apparently sporadic community-acqui...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1993-03, Vol.167 (3), p.627-632
Main Authors: Blake, Paul A., Ramos, Sonia, MacDonald, Kristine L., Rassi, Vilma, Gomes, Tania A. Tardelli, Ivey, Cecile, Bean, Nancy H., Trabulsi, Luiz R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Acute diseases
Analysis of Variance
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil - epidemiology
Breast Feeding
Case-Control Studies
Child Day Care Centers
Diarrhea
Diarrhea, Infantile - epidemiology
Diarrhea, Infantile - etiology
Diarrhea, Infantile - microbiology
Diarrhea, Infantile - prevention & control
Disease risk
Diseases
Drinking water
Epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infectious diseases
Major Articles
Male
Medical sciences
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Operating rooms
Pathogens
Predisposing factors
Risk Factors
Tropical medicine
Urban Population
Water Supply
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Summary:To evaluate potential risk factors and protective factors for acute diarrheal disease in urban infants, 500 infants ⩽12 months old with diarrhea and 500 age-matched control subjects coming to a Sao Paulo emergency room were studied. On multivariate analysis, these apparently sporadic community-acquired cases of diarrhea were significantly associated with hospitalization in the month before onset (odds ratio [OR], 3.4), day care center exposure (OR, 2.0), prior diarrhea in another household member (OR, 4.4), and low family income (OR, 1.8). Breast-feeding infants
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/167.3.627