The Burden of Enteropathy and “Subclinical” Infections

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 815-836

  Rogawski, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Guerrant, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric infections; Environmental enteric dysfunction; Environmental enteropathy; Growth faltering

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ASSAY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BIOMARKER ASSAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTEROPATHY; EXPOSURE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOME; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTESTINAL DISEASES;

BIOMARKERS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES;

EID: 85025481344     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2017.03.003     Document Type: Review

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