11.   As luminal SCFA maintain normal colonic absorption in acute diarrhoea, the decrease seen in faecal SCFA output may be of clinical significance.

12.   This may be one factor responsible for the low SCFA output reported in these patients with acute diarrhoea.

13.   A significant proportion of dietary carbohydrate and starch remains unabsorbed in the small intestine, and this may be increased in acute diarrhoea.

14.   Attention to enhancing colonic conservation in acute diarrhoea by increasing luminal SCFA may further improve the efficacy of oral rehydration treatment.

15.   He pointed out that cholera is an acute diarrhoea disease that is readily treatable and is common in Southeast Asia.

16.   Cholera, which is characterised by acute diarrhoea and vomiting, is associated with overpopulation and spreads in areas where there are large stretches of water or polluted reservoirs.

17.   Two cases of acute diarrhoea in children have been registered in Aden, Chapuis said.

18.   The agency also reported acute diarrhoea in several other regions of Somalia, but concluded that cholera was under control.