RT Book, Section
A1 Kirk, Martyn
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182665118
T1 Acute Diarrheal Illness—An Overview
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665118
RD 2024/04/23
AB Acute  diarrhea  results  in  substantial  morbidity  and  mortality.  Globally,  there  were  an  estimated  6.3  billion  episodes  of  diarrheal  disease  in  2017.1  Among  children  less  than  5  years  of  age,  the  incidence  is  approximately  three  episodes  per  person  per  year,  while  among  older  children  and  adults  it  is  less  than  one  episode  per  person  per  year.2  Diarrheal  disease  is  a  key  cause  of  childhood  mortality.  In  2017,  the  Global  Burden  of  Disease  study—a  global  collaborative  effort  to  understand  the  burden  and  causes  of  morbidity  from  all  causes—estimated  that  diarrheal  diseases  resulted  in  1.6  million  deaths  globally,  with  533,000  occurring  among  children  less  than  5  years  old.3  These  resulted  in  41.4  million  Disability  Adjusted  Life  Years  (DALY’s)  lost,  which  equates  to  years  of  life  lost  due  to  ill  health,  disability,  or  death.4  Infectious  diarrhea  is  also  important  for  its  propensity  to  spread  globally  via  infected  humans  and  animals  and  contaminated  foods.  In  countries  of  all  levels  of  development,  there  are  regular  outbreaks  of  diarrheal  disease  requiring  intervention  that  are  tailored  to  the  pathogen  and  nature  of  spread.