Bangladesh - Dhaka Cohort Study of Cryptosporidiosis in Children 2014
General Info
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 2014 - present
Data type
Survey:
Exam - Household - Individual - Interview - Longitudinal
Summary
The purpose of this study was to track incidence of cryptosporidium infections within children in Mirpur and Mirzapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The data were collected through anthropometric measurements, blood tests, and stool tests. Children were followed from birth to 24 months.
The sample size for this survey was 500 children. This sample was broken into 250 children from urban Mirpur and 250 children from rural Mirzapur.
Keywords
Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Ascariasis, Assets, Birth place, Birth weight, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Child anthropometry, Children, Cohort study, Cooking fuels, Cryptosporidiosis, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, E. coli, Edema, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fever, Folic acid supplements, Health behaviors, Height, Hookworm disease, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing materials, Hygiene, Hypertension, Income, Infants, Intestinal infectious diseases, Iron supplements, Live births, Living conditions, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal anthropometry, Medicines, Menstruation, Micronutrient supplements, Micronutrients, Occult blood, Oral rehydration therapy, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Prescriptions, Sanitation, Seizures, Stillbirths, Stool tests, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Vomiting, Water supply, Weight
Citation
Primary investigator
William Petri, University of Virginia ([email protected])
Suggested citation
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). Bangladesh - Dhaka Cohort Study of Cryptosporidiosis in Children 2014. [Unpublished].