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diarrhoea |
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diarrhoea (esp US), diarrhea frequent and copious discharge of abnormally liquid faeces How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In our study, stool samples from gastroenteritis patients admitted to 2 hospitals, 1 urban and 1 rural, within the hospital surveillance system of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), from January 2001 through May 2006 were tested for the rotavirus VP6 antigen. Medical staff working in mobile clinics on the SyriaLebanon border are treating people for shell injuries, acute cardiovascular complications, dehydration, diarrhoeal disease and other communicable diseases. The World Health Organization reports that children in Afghanistan are particularly at risk of dying from diarrhoeal diseases that, according to surveys, result in 20 to 40 per cent of all deaths of children under five--an estimated 85,000 children per year. |
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