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A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25494 A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 Voyi, Kuku V.V. Nkonyana, John Pontia Water-supply Toxicity testing Diarrhoea Lesotho UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2005. Lesotho is experiencing a problem of seasonal bloody diarrhoea outbreaks that occur in the southern districts of the country. Usually large proportions of the meagre resources are used to combat such outbreaks. Measures have been taken to provide water and improve sanitation for the commonly affected communities. However, the problem has continued unabated. There was therefore, a need to isolate factors that are associated with the transmission of bloody diarrhoea among the communities in the Moriti, Holy Cross, Liphiring and Mohalinyane health centres where bloody diarrhoea is prevalent. In this study, 145 cases of bloody diarrhoea and 269 controls were selected from the four health centres. Cases and controls were selected from subjects who were seen in the health centres during the period of December 2002 to February 2003. All available cases were selected whereas controls were selected by systematic sampling. The study examined environmental factors such as water source, waste and refuse disposal and hygiene practices. Binary logistic regression was used to estimate the effects of several exposures on bloody diarrhoea. The model showed maintenance of the boreholes to be the most important variable. The Odds ratio among people who experienced unavailability of water was 3.88 greater, among children who do not wash hands the odds ratio was 4.66 higher. Among subjects who ate bread in January the Odds ratio was 1.45 more and among subjects who had someone with bloody diarrhoea in the household the Odds ratio was 2.60 greater. School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) MSc Unrestricted 2013-09-06T21:52:13Z 2005-06-14 2013-09-06T21:52:13Z 2004-09-01 2005-06-14 2005-06-13 Dissertation Nkonyana, JP 2005-06-14, A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25494> H1048/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25494 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06132005-143242/ © 2004 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Water-supply Toxicity testing Diarrhoea Lesotho UCTD A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title | A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title_full | A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title_fullStr | A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title_short | A case-control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the Morifi, Holy Cross, Mohalinyane and Liphiring health centers catchment areas in Lesotho, 2003 |
| title_sort | case control study of bloody diarrhoea transmission in the morifi holy cross mohalinyane and liphiring health centers catchment areas in lesotho 2003 |
| topic | Water-supply Toxicity testing Diarrhoea Lesotho UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25494 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06132005-143242/ |