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. 2003 Feb;8(2):99-103.
doi: 10.1093/pch/8.2.99.

Travellers' diarrhea in children

Pierre J Plourde  1
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Travellers' diarrhea in children

Pierre J Plourde. Paediatr Child Health. 2003 Feb.

Abstract
in English, French

Diarrhea is the most common medical problem affecting all travellers to developing countries. Younger children are at especially high risk of acquiring travellers' diarrhea and of suffering more severe consequences. Up to 50% of travellers from developed to developing countries can expect to have at least one episode of acute diarrhea during a two-week stay. Episodes of travellers' diarrhea usually begin abruptly, either during travel or soon after returning home, and are generally self-limited.

La diarrhée est le problème médical le plus courant chez tous les voyageurs qui se rendent dans des pays en voie de développement. Les jeunes enfants sont particulièrement vulnérables à la diarrhée du voyageur et aux conséquences plus graves de cette maladie. Jusqu’à 50 % des voyageurs des pays industrialisés qui se rendent dans un pays en voie de développement peuvent s’attendre à présenter au moins un épisode diarrhéique aigu pendant un séjour de deux semaines. D’ordinaire, les épisodes diarrhéiques du voyageur commencent de manière abrupte, pendant le voyage ou peu après le retour à la maison, et se règlent spontanément.

Keywords: Children; Travellers’ diarrhea.

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