clove and Intestinal-Diseases

From November 1988 to October 1989, an etiological study showed off the prevalence and the part of several enteropathogen agents which are not yet studied in MADAGASCAR. 1,523 stool's samples from 884 children with diarrhea and 639 children without diarrhea from 0 to 14 years old have been investigated. A bacterial, parasitical or viral etiology was found from 36.3% of diarrheic children and 11.2% of healthy children. The three agents the most frequently identified from children with diarrhea are EPEC (10.5%), Campylobacter jejuni (10.3%) and rotavirus (10%) and associations of two or three pathogen agents are frequent (6.2%).

Topics: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intestinal Diseases; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic; Madagascar; Prevalence; Seasons

For a 288 children's population aged from 5 to 14 years old and being school attendents in the village of MANARINTSOA, we have systematically investigated 60% of them in May 1988 and January 1989. Bacterial, parasitical and viral study of these stools showed off an important number of A. dispar and E. coli strains which have special phenotypes characters. The prevalence of Campylobacter and Ascaris lumbricoïdes is higher in this rural zone than in TANANARIVE. Two poliovirus of type 2 have been isolated in January 1989.

Topics: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Feces; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Madagascar; Prevalence; Rural Population; Schools; Serotyping

Topics: Animals; Bacterial Infections; Developing Countries; Disease Reservoirs; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Madagascar

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Madagascar; Male; Middle Aged; Schistosomiasis