International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e220-e225 , March 2010

Diarrhea in children less than two years of age with known HIV status in Kisumu, Kenya

  • Anna M. van Eijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • John T. Brooks

      Affiliations

    • National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Penny M. Adcock

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Bacterial, Foodborne and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Valerie Garrett

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Bacterial, Foodborne and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Mark Eberhard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Daniel H. Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • John G. Ayisi

      Affiliations

    • Center for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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  • John B. Ochieng

      Affiliations

    • Center for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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  • Lata Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Bacterial, Foodborne and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Jon R. Gentsch

      Affiliations

    • Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Bernard L. Nahlen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Eric D. Mintz

      Affiliations

    • Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Bacterial, Foodborne and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Laurence Slutsker

      Affiliations

    • Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Received 26 September 2008 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 12 June 2009.

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PII: S1201-9712(09)00199-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.001

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e220-e225 , March 2010

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