Association of enteropathogen detection with diarrhoea by age and high versus low child mortality settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The odds ratio (OR) comparing pathogen presence in diarrhoeal cases versus asymptomatic controls is a measure for diarrhoeal disease cause that has been integrated into burden of disease estimates across diverse populations. This study aimed to estimate the OR describing the association between pathogen detection in stool and diarrhoea for 15 common enteropathogens by age group and child mortality setting.

Methods

We did a systematic review to identify case-control and cohort studies published from Jan 1, 1990, to July 9, 2019, which examined at least one enteropathogen of interest and the outcome diarrhoea. The analytical dataset included data extracted from published articles and supplemented with data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study and the Malnutriti

SUBMITTER: Baker JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456779 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature