Enteric Infections in Young Children are Associated with Environmental Enteropathy and Impaired Growth

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 26-33

  George, Christine Marie ^a   Burrowes, Vanessa ^a   Perin, Jamie ^a   Oldja, Lauren ^a   Biswas, Shwapon ^b,c   Sack, David ^a   Ahmed, Shahnawaz ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Bhuiyan, Nurul Amin ^b   Parvin, Tahmina ^b   Bhuyian, Sazzadul Islam ^b   Akter, Mahmuda ^b   Li, Shan ^d   Natarajan, Gayathri ^a   Shahnaij, Mohammad ^b   Faruque, Abu G ^b   Stine, O Colin ^d  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Rangpur Medical College Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

enteric infections; environmental enteropathy; impaired growth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CALGRANULIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN;

BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BANGLADESH; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SHIGELLA; SOIL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION;

BANGLADESH;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; SHIGELLA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85040118171     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13002     Document Type: Article

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