Blar i Faculty of Medicine på emneord "Diarrhea"
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices addressing young child diarrhoea in Moramanga, Madagascar: The MOSAIQUE cross cultural qualitative study
(Master thesis, 2011-10-17)Problem Statement/ Objective: Severe dehydration due to diarrhoea leads to 19.8% of deaths among children under 5 years of age in Madagascar (1). The Ministry of Health identified infant diarrhoea as a public health priority. ... -
A New Human Challenge Model for Testing Heat-Stable Toxin-Based Vaccine Candidates for Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Diarrhea - Dose Optimization, Clinical Outcomes, and CD4+ T Cell Responses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-30)Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are a common cause of diarrheal illness in young children and travelers. There is yet no licensed broadly protective vaccine against ETEC. One promising vaccine development strategy ... -
Proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain TW11681 in stools of experimentally infected human volunteers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-16)Background: As part of the efort to develop an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) human challenge model for testing new heat-stable toxin (ST)-based vaccine candidates, a controlled human infection model study based ... -
The role of arginine and arginine-metabolizing enzymes during Giardia - host cell interactions in vitro
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-11-14)Background: Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid important in growing individuals and under nonhomeostatic conditions/disease. Many pathogens interfere with arginine-utilization in host cells, especially nitric ...