Fall M, Sarr M, Signate-Sy H, Sow H D, Ould Cheikh A, Ndiaye A
Service de pédiatrie, Hôpital Aristide le Dantec, CHU, Dakar.
Dakar Med. 1989;34(1-4):166-71.
The authors use an investigation carried out at Pikine Social Paediatric Institute on children consulting for diarrhoea to underline the epidemiological factors of this affliction in Dakar suburbs: the average age of the children is 14 months; almost half the children came from families with low or irregular incomes; coprologic examination showed parasitic germs in 26.7% of the cases, rotavirus in 24.4%, and bacteria in 17.6%.