ACUTE DIARRHOEAL DISEASE IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. 2. PATTERNS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR IN RURAL GUATEMALAN VILLAGES.

摘要: Abstract A number of primary epidemiological characteristics are recognized as common to members a syndrome designated “acute undifferentiated diarrhoeal disease”. This includes both specific and non-specific disorders. Within the existing knowledge with facilities available in less developed countries, an basis for control, directed against whole, is presented practical approach community management. Clinical microbiological distinctions do not extend main bulk problem. Individual patterns exist according age varying social ecological conditions. Field study by periodic home visits over four years has defined these highland rural villages Guatemala. The chief problem was weanling diarrhoea.