Cryptosporidium infection in infancy as a cause of malnutrition: A community study from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-152

  Mølbak, Kåre ^a   Andersen, Marc ^b   Aaby, Peter ^b   Højlyng, Niels ^b   Jakobsen, Marianne ^b   Sodemann, Morten ^b   Da Silva, Augusto Paulo José ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

children; Cryptosporidium; diarrhea; Guinea Bissau; height; malnutrition; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0031035655     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.1.149     Document Type: Article

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