ArticleScientific reports2021
Associated factors, post infection child growth, and household cost of invasive enteritis among under 5 children in Bangladesh.
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- Enteric infections and childhood stunting: a systematic review and meta-analysis across four pathogen domains.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Anthropometric and neurocognitive consequences of Campylobacter, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, and norovirus: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Burden of Shigella among children with diarrhea in the Americas: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Risk or associated factors of wasting among under-five children in Bangladesh: A systematic review.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Consequences of Shigella infection in young children: a systematic review.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Cost of diarrhoea: a household perspective from seven countries in the Global Enteric Multicentre Study (GEMS).BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene indicators on enteric viral pathogens among under-5 children in low resource settings.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Correlation between serum vitamin D level and acute invasive enteritis in children.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2024Article
- Enteric viral pathogens and child growth among under-five children: findings from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Shigella and childhood stunting: Evidence, gaps, and future research directions.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Review
- Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Campylobacter Infections and Child Growth in South Asia: Analyzing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Characterization of Shigella flexneri Serotype 6 Strains Isolated from Bangladesh and Identification of a New Phylogenetic Cluster.Journal of bacteriology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Both Campylobacter- and Shigella-induced invasive enteritis are common in under-5 Bangladeshi children. Our study aimed to determine the factors associated with Campylobacter and Shigella enteritis among under-5 children, the post-infection worsening growth, and the household cost of invasive enteritis. Data of children having Shigella (591/803) and Campylobacter (246/1148) isolated from the fecal specimen in Bangladesh were extracted from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) for the period December 2007 to March 2011. In multiple logistic regression analysis, fever was observed more frequently among shigellosis cases [adjusted OR 2.21; (95% CI 1.58, 3.09)]. Breastfeeding [aOR 0.55; (95% CI 0.37, 0.81)] was found to be protective against Shigella. The generalized estimating equations multivariable model identified a negative association between Shigella and weight-for-height z score [aOR - 0.11; (95% CI - 0.21, - 0.001)]; a positive association between symptomatic Campylobacter and weight-for-age z score [aOR 0.22; (95% CI 0.06, 0.37)] and weight-for-height z score [aOR 0.22; (95% CI 0.08, 0.37)]. Total costs incurred by households were more in shigellosis children than Campylobacter-induced enteritis ($4.27 vs. $3.49). Households with low-level maternal education tended to incur less cost in case of their shigellosis children. Our findings underscore the need for preventive strategies targeting Shigella infection, which could potentially reduce the disease burden, associated household costs, and child growth faltering.
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