Background Most studies of the causes of diarrhoea in low-income and middle-income
countries have looked at severe disease in people presenting for care, and there are few …

INTRODUCTION As we come to appreciate how our microbial communities (microbiota)
assemble following birth, there is an opportunity to determine how this facet of our …

Highly prevalent conditions with multiple and complex underlying etiologies are a challenge
to public health. Undernutrition, for example, affects 20% of children in the developing world …

Background. Enteropathogen infections have been associated with enteric dysfunction and
impaired growth in children in low-resource settings. In a multisite birth cohort study (MAL …

Microbiota assembly is perturbed in children with undernutrition, resulting in persistent
microbiota immaturity that is not rescued by current nutritional interventions. Evidence is …

Abstract Background/Aims: Childhood stunting is a prevalent problem in low-and middle-
income countries and is associated with long-term adverse neurodevelopment and health …

Environmental enteropathy (EE), a subclinical intestinal disorder characterized by mucosal
inflammation, reduced barrier integrity, and malabsorption, appears to be associated with …

Growth and development shortfalls that are disproportionately prevalent in children living in
poor environmental conditions are postulated to result, at least in part, from abnormal gut …

Exposure to aflatoxin, a mycotoxin common in many foods, has been associated with child
growth impairment in sub-Saharan Africa. To improve our understanding of growth …

Background The specific roles that gut microbiota, known pathogens, and host energy-
regulating hormones play in the pathogenesis of non-edematous severe acute malnutrition …