Prolonged Hospitalization Among Children Aged < 5 Years Admitted With Acute Gastroenteritis at Siaya County Referral Hospital, in Rural Western Kenya: 2010–2020
Children with severe diarrheal illness with malnutrition are at high risk of prolonged hospitalization. Targeted interventions such as increased clinical and diagnostics monitoring for at-risk children with AGE may need to be prioritized to reduce possible prolonged hospitalization.
Authors
- Stephen Munga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7230-7824)
- Erick M. O. Muok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0636-7917)
- Kibet Sergon
- Richard Omore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3702-3030)
- Victor Akelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-2855)
- John B. Ochieng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5301-4559)
- Sammy Khagayi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-1851)
- Umesh D. Parashar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9684-9425)
- Billy Ogwel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-2713)
- Jacqueline E. Tate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8114-6196)
- George Ayodo
- Evans Apondi
- Alex O Awuor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9138-7748)
- Bryan O. Nyawanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-1473)
- Raphael O. Anyango
- Jason M. Mwenda
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (KE)
- Kenya School of Government (KE)
- The Centers (US)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.71175
- Primary Topic
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention