Search for dissertations about: "Thesis on acute diarrhoeal disease"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Thesis on acute diarrhoeal disease.

  2. 1. Effects of Food Supplementation and Psychosocial Stimulation on Growth and Development of Severely Malnourished Children : Intervention Studies in Bangladesh

    Author : Baitun Nahar; Lars-Åke Persson; SM Grantham-McGregor; Tahmeed Ahmed; Kim F Michaelsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Psychosocial stimulation; food supplementation; HOME; child-rearing practices; maternal depressive symptoms; severe malnutrition; Bangladesh; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : Early childhood malnutrition is a global public health problem with serious short- and long-term consequences. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the effects of psychosocial stimulation (PS) with or without food supplementation (FS) on growth and development of severely malnourished children, quality of home environment, mother’s child-rearing practices and depressive symptoms. READ MORE

  4. 2. Studies on the Expression and Regulation of Enterotoxins and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

    Author : Matilda Nicklasson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : ETEC; heat-stable enterotoxin; heat-labile enterotoxin; colonization factors; CS5; CS6; virulence gene expression; in vivo and in vitro; genetic variability;

    Abstract : Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most common causes of acute watery diarrhoea in developing countries, particularly among local children less than five years and is also the most common cause of diarrhoea in travellers to ETEC endemic areas. The infection is transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food and water and the disease is established in the small intestine. READ MORE

  5. 3. Passive immunotherpay and probiotic agents in enteric infections in children

    Author : Shafiqul Sarker; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Diarrhoeal disease remains one of the leading causes of global childhood morbidity and mortality. Rotavirus and pathogenic Escherichia coli are the most common causes of acute diarrheal illness in children. READ MORE

  6. 4. Passive immunisation as therapy for gastrointestinal infections in children

    Author : Thomas Casswall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Passive immunisation; treatment; bovine antibodies; chicken antibodies; rotavirus; Escherichia coli; ETEC; EPEC; Helicobacter pylori; clinical trials; infants; children;

    Abstract : Several prophylactic studies in animals and humans have shown potential efficacy of oral therapy with non-human antibodies against different pathogens. Passive immunisation with oral antibodies against different pathogens is an attractive way to treat different gastrointestinal infections caused by pathogens such as rotavirus or enteropathogenic and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (EPEC; ETEC). READ MORE