GEMS extend understanding of childhood diarrhoea

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¹ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: karenk@nicd.ac.za.
² Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Karen H Keddy et al. Lancet. 2016.

. 2016 Sep 24;388(10051):1252-4.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31664-6.

¹ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: karenk@nicd.ac.za.
² Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, 2131 Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study.
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