Shigella and childhood stunting: Evidence, gaps, and future research directions.

ABSTRACT: Early childhood growth deficits have been shown to have lifelong health and economic impacts, yet their connection to one of their underlying causes, diarrheal diseases, has remained difficult to characterize. Identifying the processes and mechanisms that underlie this link has remained a challenge due to the complexity of the relationship and limitations in access to more advanced laboratory methods. In recent years, however, several large-scale, multisite studies have extensively investigated and reported the prevalence, etiology, and impacts of diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years (CU5) in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). These studies, in combination with several single-site studies, have applied more advanced laboratory methods to uncover the etiology, true prevalence,

SUBMITTER: Bagamian KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497124 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature