Diarrhea

"Diarrhea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight.

Descriptor ID	D003967
MeSH Number(s)	C23.888.821.214
Concept/Terms	Diarrhea Diarrhea Diarrheas

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diarrhea".

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive [C23.888.821]
Diarrhea [C23.888.821.214]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Diarrhea".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diarrhea".

Diarrhea
Diarrhea, Infantile

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Bar chart showing 54 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	1	0	1
1994	1	0	1
1996	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2004	0	1	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	3	5
2007	0	1	1
2008	2	0	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	2	1	3
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	2	4
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	2	2
2017	2	2	4
2018	3	3	6
2019	1	2	3
2020	4	3	7

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Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Sommerfelt H, Wu Y, Farag TH, Panchalingam S, Biswas K, Saha D, Jahangir Hossain M, Sow SO, Reiman RFB, Sur D, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Sanogo D, Tamboura B, Onwuchekwa U, Manna B, Ramamurthy T, Kanungo S, Omore R, Ochieng JB, Oundo JO, Das SK, Ahmed S, Qureshi S, Quadri F, Adegbola RA, Antonio M, Mandomando I, Nhampossa T, Bassat Q, Roose A, O'Reilly CE, Mintz ED, Ramakrishnan U, Powell H, Liang Y, Nataro JP, Levine MM, Kotloff KL. Pathogens Associated With Linear Growth Faltering in Children With Diarrhea and Impact of Antibiotic Treatment: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study. J Infect Dis. 2021 12 20; 224(12 Suppl 2):S848-S855.

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Young MF, Mehta RV, Gosdin L, Kekre P, Verma P, Larson LM, Girard AW, Ramakrishnan U, Chaudhuri I, Srikantiah S, Martorell R. Home Fortification of Complementary Foods Reduces Anemia and Diarrhea among Children Aged 6-18 Months in Bihar, India: A Large-Scale Effectiveness Trial. J Nutr. 2021 07 01; 151(7):1983-1992.

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Ajibola G, Bennett K, Powis KM, Hughes MD, Leidner J, Kgole S, Batlang O, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Lockman S, Shapiro R. Decreased diarrheal and respiratory disease in HIV exposed uninfected children following vaccination with rotavirus and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0244100.

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Hinnouho GM, Wessells KR, Barffour MA, Sayasone S, Arnold CD, Kounnavong S, Hess SY. Impact of Different Strategies for Delivering Supplemental Zinc on Selected Fecal Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction among Young Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 10; 103(4):1416-1426.

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Barffour MA, Hinnouho GM, Wessells KR, Kounnavong S, Ratsavong K, Sitthideth D, Bounheuang B, Sengnam K, Chanhthavong B, Arnold CD, Brown KH, Larson CP, Hess SY. Effects of therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea and two preventive zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infections in rural Laotian children: A randomized controlled trial. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun; 10(1):010424.

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Wessells KR, Brown KH, Arnold CD, Barffour MA, Hinnouho GM, Killilea DW, Kounnavong S, Hess SY. Plasma and Nail Zinc Concentrations, But Not Hair Zinc, Respond Positively to Two Different Forms of Preventive Zinc Supplementation in Young Laotian Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2021 Feb; 199(2):442-452.

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McKee RS, Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Xie J, Finkelstein Y, Desai N, Lane RD, Bergmann KR, Kaplan RL, Hariharan S, Cruz AT, Cohen DM, Dixon A, Ramgopal S, Rominger A, Powell EC, Kilgar J, Michelson KA, Beer D, Bitzan M, Pruitt CM, Yen K, Meckler GD, Plint AC, Bradin S, Abramo TJ, Gouin S, Kam AJ, Schuh A, Balamuth F, Hunley TE, Kanegaye JT, Jones NE, Avva U, Porter R, Fein DM, Louie JP, Freedman SB. Predicting Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Renal Replacement Therapy in Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli-infected Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 04 10; 70(8):1643-1651.

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Bick S, Perieres L, D'Mello-Guyett L, Baker KK, Brown J, Muneme B, Nala R, Dreibelbis R, Cumming O. Risk factors for child food contamination in low-income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: An exploratory, cross-sectional study. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 10; 16(4):e12991.

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Wessells KR, Hinnouho GM, Barffour MA, Arnold CD, Kounnavong S, Kewcharoenwong C, Lertmemongkolchai G, Schuster GU, Stephensen CB, Hess SY. Impact of Daily Preventive Zinc or Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation for Diarrhea on Plasma Biomarkers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction among Rural Laotian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 02; 102(2):415-426.

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Mumma J, Simiyu S, Aseyo E, Anderson J, Czerniewska A, Allen E, Dreibelbis R, Baker KK, Cumming O. The Safe Start trial to assess the effect of an infant hygiene intervention on enteric infections and diarrhoea in low-income informal neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 19; 19(1):1066.

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