Background The protozoan Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of diarrhoea morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years. However , the true global burden of C ryptosporidium infection in children younger than 5 years might have been underestimated in previous quantifications because it only took account of the acute eects of diarrhoea. W e aimed to demonstrate whether there is a causal relation betwee...
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Enteric infections are associated with linear growth failure in children. To quantify the association between intestinal inflammation and linear growth failure three commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (neopterin [NEO], alpha-anti-trypsin [AAT], and myeloperoxidase [MPO]) were performed in a structured sampling of asymptomatic stool from children under longitudinal surveillance for diarrhe...