Giri, Sidhartha
Nair, Nayana P.
Mathew, Ann
Manohar, B.
Simon, Anna
Singh, Tejinder
Suresh Kumar, S.
Mathew, M. A.
Babji, Sudhir
Arora, Rashmi
Girish Kumar, C. P.
Venkatasubramanian, S.
Mehendale, Sanjay
Gupte, Mohan D.
Kang, Gagandeep http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3656-564X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Indian Council of Medical Research (5/8-1(189)/TF/2011-12-ECD)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1053989)
Article History
Received: 20 July 2018
Accepted: 7 January 2019
First Online: 15 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the institutional review board of Christian Medical College, Vellore, India (IRB Minute. No. 7311 dated 20.10.2010). The study was also approved by the institutional review boards/ethics committees of all the sites, which included St. Stephen’s Hospital (New Delhi), SV Medical College (Tirupati), Christian Medical College (Ludhiana), Pragna hospital (Hyderabad), Child Jesus Hospital (Trichy), and Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College (Kolenchery). Children < 5 years of age hospitalized with watery diarrhoea were eligible and enrolled after obtaining written informed consent from the parents/guardian.
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