Incomplete use of global data for aetiological attribution of diarrhoeal disease in the Global Burden of Disease study.

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Association of enteropathogen detection with diarrhoea by age and high versus low child mortality settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2021
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2. Genetic Exchanges Shape the Evolutionary Diversification Among Shigella phages.Journal of molecular evolution · 2026
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3. Global Burden, Trends, and Inequalities ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4. Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected the burden of diarrhoea among children younger than 5 years: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2020
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  Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.2018

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