The MAL-ED study: A multinational and multidisciplinary approach to understand the relationship between enteric pathogens, malnutrition, gut physiology, physical growth, cognitive development, and immune responses in infants and children up to 2 years of age in resource-poor environments

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages S193-S206

  Miller, Mark ^a,g   Acosta, Angel Mendez ^b   Chavez, Cesar Banda ^b   Flores, Julian Torres ^b   Olotegui, Maribel Paredes ^b   Pinedo, Silvia Rengifo ^b   Trigoso, Dixner Rengifo ^b   Vasquez, Angel Orbe ^b   Ahmed, Imran ^c   Alam, Didar ^c   Ali, Asad ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^c   Qureshi, Shahida ^c   Shakoor’, Sadia ^c   Soofi, Sajid ^c   Turab, Ali ^c   Yousafzai, Aisha K ^c   Zaidi, Anita K M ^c   Bodhidatta, Ladaporn ^d   Mason, Carl J ^d   Babji, Sudhir ^e   Bose, Anuradha ^e   John, Sushil ^e   Kang, Gagandeep ^e   Kurien, Beena ^e   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^e   Raghava, Mohan Venkata ^e   Ramachandran, Anup ^e   Rose, Anuradha ^e   Pan, William ^f   Ambikapathi, Ramya ^g   Carreon, Danny ^g   Charu, Vivek ^g   Dabo, Leyfou ^g   Doan, Viyada ^g   Graham, Jhanelle ^g   Hoest, Christel ^g   Knobler, Stacey ^g   Lang, Dennis ^g   McCormick, Benjamin ^g   McGrath, Monica ^g   Mohale, Archana ^g   Nayyar, Gaurvika ^g   Psaki, Stephanie ^g   Rasmussen, Zeba ^g   Richard, Stephanie ^g   Seidman, Jessica ^g   Wang, Vivian ^g   Blank, Rebecca ^h   Gottlieb, Michael ^h   Tountas, Karen ^h   Amour, Caroline ⁱ   Mduma, Estomih ⁱ   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^j   Ahmed, A M Shamsir ^j   Dinesh, Mondol ^j   Tofail, Fahmida ^j   Haque, Rashidul ^j   Hossain, Iqbal ^j   Islam, Munirul ^j   Mahfuz, Mustafa ^j   Chandyo, Ram Krishna ^k   Shrestha, Prakash Sunder ^k   Shrestha, Rita ^k   Ulak, Manjeswori ^k   Black, Robert ^l   Caulfield, Laura ^l   Checkley, William ^l   Chen, Ping ^l   Kosek, Margaret ^l   Lee, Gwenyth ^l   Yori, Pablo Peñataro ^l   Murray Kolb, Laura ^m   Schaefer, Barbara ^m   Pendergast, Laura ⁿ   Abreu, Claudia ^o   Bindá, Alexandre ^o   Costa, Hilda ^o   Di, Moura Alessandra ^o   Filho, Jose Quirino ^o   Leite, Álvaro ^o   Lima, Aldo ^o   Lima, Noelia ^o   Lima, Ila ^o   Maciel, Bruna ^o   Moraes, Milena ^o   Mota, Francisco ^o   Oria, Reinaldo ^o   Quetz, Josiane ^o   Soares, Alberto ^o   Svensen, Erling ⁱ   Tor, Strand ^p   Patil, Crystal ^q   Bessong, Pascal ^r   Mahopo, Cloupas ^r   Mapula, Angelina ^r   Nesamvuni, Cebisa ^r   Nyathi, Emanuel ^r   Samie, Amidou ^r   Barrett, Leah ^s   Gratz, Jean ^s   Guerrant, Richard ^s   Houpt, Eric ^s   Olmsted, Liz ^s   Petri, William ^s   Platts Mills, James ^s   Scharf, Rebecca ^s   Shrestha, Binob ^t   Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar ^t   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h FNIH   (United States)

ⁱ HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^j INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^k TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^t Walter Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit   (Nepal)

more..

Author keywords

enteric infections; gut function; MAL ED; malnutrition; vaccines

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; TRACE ELEMENT; AFLATOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COGNITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFLATOXINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOTA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84913590929     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu653     Document Type: Article

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