diarrhoeal illness
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diarrhoeal
adjective
uk/ˌdaɪ.əˈriː.əl/us/ˌdaɪ.əˈriː.əl/
connected with an illness in which the body's solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body ...
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illness
noun
uk/ˈɪl.nəs/us/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofdiarrhoealandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Controls reporting adiarrhoealillnessin the 3 weeks prior to interview were excluded.
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In developing countries, waterbornediarrhoealillnesscontinues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
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Nineteen persons (1.0 % of respondents) with chronicdiarrhoealillnesswere excluded.
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Individuals were excluded if they were immunocompromised, had a chronicdiarrhoealillnessor were on long-term antibiotic therapy.
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Nevertheless, the results of this study indicate that the health burden associated with gastrointestinal pathogens may be underestimated if onlydiarrhoealillnessis accounted for.
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The incidence rates fordiarrhoealillnessamong the population surveyed, both cluster-wise and overall, for adults, male, and female children were calculated.
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Of the 20 cases with adiarrhoealillness, abdominal pain (19) and blood in the stools (18) were the most common features.
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In equation (1),diarrhoealillnesshas been regressed on a set of explanatory variables.
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The causes ofdiarrhoealillnessinvolve both the household and the public sector as a provider of a public good, namely water supplies.
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There was no association between illness and either previousdiarrhoealillnessin a household member or exposure to a child-care setting.
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Educational attainment of the head of the household also does not play a role among the determinants ofdiarrhoealillnessin the estimation.
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The remainder of the results refer to those persons who reporteddiarrhoealillness.
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A severediarrhoealillnesswill challenge the continence mechanisms of healthy people, but more particularly when there is severe disability.
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The source of drinking water is significant and positively related todiarrhoealillnessindicating that households who are dependent on non-piped sources have a higher probability of reportingdiarrhoealillness.
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Data describingdiarrhoealillnesswere analysed using weighted proportions to compensate for unequal probabilities of selection and to allow for population estimates.
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The results also confirm the hypothesis that interruptions in water supply are a significant determinant ofdiarrhoealillnessrelative to households who do not experience such interruptions in piped supply.
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We found that 7 % of persons withdiarrhoealillnesstook antibiotics for their illness, and that 32 % of them took antibiotics without a prior visit to a health-care provider.
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