5)&&1*%&.*0-0(:"/%$0450'53&"5*/( %*"33)0&"*/4065)"'3*$" 77 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COST OF TREATING DIARRHOEA IN SOUTH AFRICA Volume 2 Prevalence and antibiotic profiles of diarrheagenic pathogens in children under the age of 5 years – A case of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province Report to the Water Research Commission by N Potgieter 1, TG Barnard 2, LS Mudau 3 and AN Traore 1 1 University of Venda, 2 University of Johannesburg and 3 Tshwane University of Technology WRC Report No. TT 761/18 ISBN 978-0-6392-0027-9 September 2018 Obtainable from: Water Research Commission Private Bag X03 Gezina 0031 South Africa
[email protected] or download from www.wrc.org.za This report emanates from the Water Research Commission project, titled: Epidemiological and economic implications of diarrhoea in water sources from rural and peri-urban communities in the Limpopo Province, South Africa (K5/7150). The outputs of this research project are presented in three separate publications: x Volume I: Prevalence of diarrheagenic pathogens in water sources in the Vhembe District of the Limpopo Province (TT 760/18) x Volume II: Prevalence and antibiotic profiles of diarrheagenic pathogens in children under the age of 5 years – A case of Vhembe District of the Limpopo Province. (This report) x Volume III: The cost of treating diarrhoea in children under the age of 5 years in rural and peri-urban communities – A case study of Vhembe District of the Limpopo Province. (TT 762/18) DISCLAIMER This report has been reviewed by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and approved for publication.