Etiology and epidemiology of diarrhea in children in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The study compared 587 children with diarrhoea with 249 age matched healthy controls, to assess the main epidemiological factors contributing to diarrheal disease in children. More children got diarrhoea in (i) poor families; (ii) families where piped water and a latrine were lacking; (iii) families where mothers washed their hands less often before feeding the children; (iv) families where mothers had a low level of education; (v) families where information on health and sanitation less often reached their households. Journal of Infectious Disease 2006;10:298-308.