Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings: longitudinal analysis of results from the MAL-ED cohort study

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
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Abstract

Enteropathogen infections in early childhood not only cause diarrhoea but contribute to poor growth. We used molecular diagnostics to assess whether particular enteropathogens were associated with linear growth across seven low-resource settings.

Keywords in Portuguese

Infecções enteropatogênicas
Primeira infância
Diarréia
Diagnóstico molecular
Crescimento linear
Crescimento deficiente

Keywords

Enteropathogen infections
Molecular diagnostics
Childhood
Linear growth
Diarrhoea
Poor growth

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Elsevier

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ROGAWSKI, Elizabeth T. et al. Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings: longitudinal analysis of results from the MAL-ED cohort study. Lancet Glob Health, v.6, e1319-28, Oct. 2018.

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10.1016/ S2214-109X(18)30351-6

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2214-109X

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32965

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