Protocol for The PATHOME Study: A Cohort Study on Urban Societal Development and The Ecology of Enteric Disease Transmission Among Infants, Domestic Animals, and the Environment.

Abstract

Global morbidity from enteric infections and diarrhoea remains high in children in low-income and middle-income countries, despite significant investment over recent decades in health systems and water and sanitation infrastructure. Other types of societal development may be required to reduce disease burden. Ecological research on the influence of household and neighbourhood societal development on pathogen transmission dynamics between humans, animals and the environment could identify more effective strategies for preventing enteric infections.