The big four diarrhoeal pathogens

Lancet2013; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60844-2

Researchers have identified the four pathogens responsible for a large proportion of childhood diarrhoea in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia. Rotavirus, Cryptosporidium, one pathotype of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, and Shigella were implicated in more than a half of all cases of moderate …