Early intervention for children with developmental disabilities in low and middle-income countries–the case for action

T Smythe, M Zuurmond, CJ Tann… - International …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In the last two decades, the global community has made significant progress in saving the
lives of children< 5 y of age. However, these advances are failing to help all children to …

Pathogenesis and post-infectious complications in giardiasis

T Allain, AG Buret - Advances in parasitology, 2020 - Elsevier
Giardia is an important cause of diarrhoea, and results in post-infectious and extra-intestinal
complications. This chapter presents a state-of-the art of our understanding of how this …

Impact of early-onset persistent stunting on cognitive development at 5 years of age: Results from a multi-country cohort study

MA Alam, SA Richard, SM Fahim, M Mahfuz, B Nahar… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally more than 150 million children under age 5 years were stunted in
2018, primarily in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), and the impact of early-onset …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infections

JM Fleckenstein, FM Kuhlmann - Current infectious disease reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Review recent developments pertaining to the epidemiology,
molecular pathogenesis, and sequelae of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections …

Effects of an urban sanitation intervention on childhood enteric infection and diarrhea in Maputo, Mozambique: a controlled before-and-after trial

J Knee, T Sumner, Z Adriano, C Anderson, F Bush… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
We conducted a controlled before-and-after trial to evaluate the impact of an onsite urban
sanitation intervention on the prevalence of enteric infection, soil transmitted helminth re …

Benefits and risks of smallholder livestock production on child nutrition in low-and middle-income countries

D Chen, K Mechlowitz, X Li, N Schaefer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Livestock production may improve nutritional outcomes of pregnant women and children by
increasing household income, availability of nutrient-dense foods, and women's …

Associations of bacterial enteropathogens with systemic inflammation, iron deficiency, and anemia in preschool-age children in southern Ghana

NJ Lambrecht, D Bridges, ML Wilson, B Adu… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Anemia remains a pervasive public health problem among preschool-age children in
Ghana. Recent analyses have found that anemia in Ghanaian children, particularly in …

Impact of Shigella infections and inflammation early in life on child growth and school-aged cognitive outcomes: Findings from three birth cohorts over eight years

ET Rogawski McQuade, RJ Scharf… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Shigella infections cause inflammation, which has been hypothesized to
mediate the associations between Shigella and child development outcomes among …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Degrades the Host MUC2 Mucin Barrier To Facilitate Critical Pathogen-Enterocyte Interactions in Human Small Intestine

A Sheikh, T Wangdi, TJ Vickers, B Aaron… - Infection and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolates are genetically diverse pathological
variants of E. coli defined by the production of heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (ST) toxins …

Thyroidal and extrathyroidal requirements for iodine and selenium: A combined evolutionary and (Patho) Physiological approach

DAJ Dijck-Brouwer, FAJ Muskiet, RH Verheesen… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Iodide is an antioxidant, oxidant and thyroid hormone constituent. Selenoproteins are
needed for triiodothyronine synthesis, its deactivation and iodine release. They also protect …