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cord-349238-qfvm883x	Maponga, Brian A	Risk factors for contracting watery diarrhoea in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe, 2011: a case control study	2013-12-02		.txt	text/plain	3455	234	62	title: Risk factors for contracting watery diarrhoea in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe, 2011: a case control study We conducted a case controlstudy to determine risk factorsfor contracting watery diarrhoea in children less than 5 years in Kadoma City. METHODS: An unmatched 1:1 case control study was conducted in Ngezi and Rimuka townships in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe. Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the world, and mostly results from contaminated food and water sources.In developing countries, children below 3 years experience on average 3 episodes of diarrhoea every year. A case was defined as a child less than five years old who presented to a health facility with acute watery diarrhoea, with or without vomiting and other symptoms, between 5 th September and 1 st October 2011, who had been resident in Kadoma City for one week prior to onset of symptoms. This study sought to establish risk factors for contracting watery diarrhoea among children less than five years old in Kadoma City.	./cache/cord-349238-qfvm883x.txt	./txt/cord-349238-qfvm883x.txt