More than one-fifth of the world's population live in extreme poverty, where a lack of safe
water and adequate sanitation enables high rates of enteric infections and diarrhoea to …

Probiotics are derived from traditional fermented foods, from beneficial commensals or from
the environment. They act through diverse mechanisms affecting the composition or function …

The appropriate treatment and control of infectious gastroenteritis depend on the ability to
rapidly detect the wide range of etiologic agents associated with the disease. Clinical …

As the first article in a four-part PLoS Medicine series on water and sanitation, Jamie
Bartram and Sandy Cairncross argue that the massive burden of ill health associated with …

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Simultaneous and sequential transmission of multiple parasites, and their resultant
overlapping chronic infections, are facts of life in many underdeveloped rural areas. These …

Background Schistosomiasis is one of the world's most prevalent infections, yet its effect on
the global burden of disease is controversial. Published disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) …

Malnutrition is a major contributor to mortality and is increasingly recognized as a cause of
potentially lifelong functional disability. Yet, a rate-limiting step in achieving normal nutrition …

Objectives: To summarize new knowledge on the range of disease due to chronic
schistosomiasis and examine the debilitating burden of both light and heavy infection; to …

Enteric infections, with or without overt diarrhea, have profound effects on intestinal
absorption, nutrition, and childhood development as well as on global mortality. Oral …