"Barriers" to Child Development and Human Potential: The Case for Including the "Neglected Enteric Protozoa" (NEP) and Other Enteropathy-Associated Pathogens in the NTDs

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bartelt, Luther A ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^b   Kosek, Margaret ^c   Peñataro Yori, Pablo ^c   Lee, Gwenyth ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; LACTOFERRIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN; NITAZOXANIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PROTOZOON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRACHOMA;

EID: 84876881607     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002125     Document Type: Article

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