Table 2.
Number of journal articles identified in the PubMed database[17]using the search terms “outbreak”, “diarrhea”, and the country of interest
| Location |
Search terms: |
Referenced publications |
|---|---|---|
| outbreak and diarrhea* | ||
| Botswana |
3 |
[32,41,47] |
| Namibia |
0 |
0 |
| Zambia |
4 |
[64-67] |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
[68-76] |
| South Africa | 15 | [77-91] |
*Papers retrieved with these key words were included in the publication count from PubMed database whether or not they reflected an investigation of a primary diarrheal outbreak.