Longitudinal study of diarrhoeal disease in a peri-urban community in Manaus (Amazon-Brazil)

L. G. GiuglianoSection of Microbiology Food and Nutrition, Department of Tropical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, CEP. 69000

M. G. P. BernardiSection of Microbiology Food and Nutrition, Department of Tropical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, CEP. 69000

J. C. VasconcelosSection of Microbiology Food and Nutrition, Department of Tropical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, CEP. 69000

C. A. CostaSection of Microbiology Food and Nutrition, Department of Tropical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, CEP. 69000

R. GiuglianoSection of Microbiology Food and Nutrition, Department of Tropical Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Caixa Postal 478, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, CEP. 69000

Abstract

A 20-month longitudinal study of diarrhoeal disease was carried out in a poor peri-urban community of Manaus (Amazon-Brazil), and the attack rate of this disease ranged from 0·2 to 4·8 episodes of diarrhoea per person per year. The age group most affected was 0 to 35 months old. A probable aetiological agent was identified in 68 of the 110 faecal samples collected. The most frequent enteropathogens isolated were enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Giardia lamblia. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was also isolated from stream-water and from flies collected inside a household.

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