title: The epidemiology of diarrheal disease in the United States.
abstract: Diarrheal disease remains an important health problem in the United States. The magnitude of this problem and the relative importance of bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens are examined. The often unique epidemiologic associations with specific organisms can be helpful not only in suggesting diagnoses in individual patients but also in the direction of public health action.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology