A follow-on analysis of the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), published in The Lancet Global Health, finds that the risk of death is increased following moderate-to-severe diarrhea and, to a lesser extent, less-severe diarrhea. Considering the higher volume of LSD cases than MSD, more deaths are expected among children with LSD than in those with MSD. Because the major attributable LSD-associated and MSD-associated pathogens are the same, these findings support the implementation of vaccines and rapid diagnosis and treatment interventions against these major pathogens.

Read the full article.