Plasma endotoxin core antibody concentration and linear growth are unrelated in rural Malawian children aged 2-5 years

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Manary, Mark ^a,f   Benzoni, Nicole ^a   Korpe, Poonum ^b   Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^c   Maleta, Ken ^c   Stephenson, Kevin ^d   Manary, Micah ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotoxin core antibody; Environmental enteropathy; Growth; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORE ENDOTOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALAWI; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIBODIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTULOSE; MALAWI; MALE; MANNITOL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84939269239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1238-1     Document Type: Article

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