Review: Enteropathies in the developing world: Neglected effects on global health

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 756-763

  Prendergast, Andrew ^a,b,c   Kelly, Paul ^a,b,c  

^a ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RIFAXIMIN; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

ANEMIA; BREAST FEEDING; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROENTERITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALNUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SANITATION; STUNTING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TROPICAL DISEASE; ZINC DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV ENTEROPATHY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84861816724     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0743     Document Type: Review

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