title: [Bacterial, viral and parasitic etiologies of acute infantile diarrhea in a rural Senegal].
abstract: We have studied the incidence of parasites, viruses and bacteria associated with acute infantile diarrhea in rural Senegal. Among parasitoses, Cryptosporidium parvum (7.7%) is the most frequent, followed by Entamoeba histolytica (5.1%). The first bacteriological etiologic agent is Escherichia coli (20.9%). Rotavirus are also frequently isolated (14.7%). Prevalence of pathogens is higher: among children over 6 months and under two years old, among children either with mixed feeding or weaned, during the raining season, except for rotaviruses. Breast feeding seems to be a good protective factor against bacterial and parasitological infections but not against rotavirus contaminations.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur Dakar.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aidara
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rogier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wane
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D004749:Entamoebiasis; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010272:Parasitic Diseases; D012400:Rotavirus Infections; D012424:Rural Population; D012675:Senegal; D014777:Virus Diseases
vernacular_title: Etiologies bactériennes, virales et parasitaires des diarrhées aigües infantiles en zone rurale sénégalaise.