Epidemiology and Impact of Campylobacter Infection in Children in 8 Low-Resource Settings: Results From the MAL-ED Study

In a multisite birth cohort study, we document a high burden of Campylobacter infection using enzyme immunoassay, demonstrate an association between Campylobacter and linear growth shortfalls and both increased intestinal permeability and intestinal and systemic inflammation, and identify potential interventions.

Mark A. Miller | G. Kang | E. Svensen | R. Haque | W. Petri | L. Caulfield | A. Ramachandran | R. Black | S. Knobler | Z. Bhutta | R. Guerrant | B. McCormick | J. Platts-Mills | T. Ahmed | A. Mohale | L. Murray-Kolb | M. Mahfuz | E. Houpt | R. Dillingham | S. Shrestha | C. Mason | L. Bodhidatta | G. Nayyar | C. Mahopo | M. Kosek | Prakash Shrestha | A. Turab | S. Soofi | R. Nshama | I. Lima | A. Samie | A. Lima | P. Bessong | A. Ross | Laura L. Pendergast | J. Gratz | S. Qureshi | A. Zaidi | Gwenyth O. Lee | W. Checkley | W. Pan | I. Hossain | J. Muliyil | C. Patil | A. Havt | M. McGrath | V. Charu | A. Bose | S. Shakoor | J. Seidman | C. Amour | S. Babji | M. Rasheed | Elizabeth T Rogawski | Maribel Paredes Olotegui | Angel Orbe Vasquez | D. Mondal | T. Strand | R. Scharf | A. Maphula | F. Tofail | Cláudia B. Abreu | R. Shrestha | E. Mduma | B. Koshy | M. Ulak | R. Chandyo | K. Schulze | R. Oriá | A. Hotwani | M. Raghava | S. Richard | Á. Leite | E. Nyathi | B. Schaefer | R. Roshan | Z. Rasmussen | J. Quetz | S. Psaki | M. Gottlieb | A. Ahmed | S. John | I. Ahmed | P. Yori | C. Chávez | A. M. Soares | J. Q. Filho | R. Ambikapathi | B. Maciel | C. Hoest | S. Sundaram | Jhanelle Graham | B. M. Swema | N. L. Lima | Asad Ali | Binob Shrestha | A. M. Acosta | Rosa Rios de Burga | J. Flores | S. Pinedo | M. Salas | D. Trigoso | D. Alam | Ajila T. George | D. Hariraju | M. S. Jennifer | S. Kaki | P. Karunakaran | Robin P. Lazarus | S. Raju | R. Ramadas | K. Ramanujam | Anuradha Rose | S. Sharma | Rahul J. Thomas | J. Carreon | V. Doan | Dennis R. Lang | K. Tountas | E. Bayyo | R. Mvungi | J. Pascal | L. Yarrot | A. Bauck | S. Simons | H. Costa | P. H. Medeiros | M. Moraes | F. S. Mota | R. Mota | L. Barrett | Munirul Islam | A. Di Moura | V. Wang | R. Blank | M. Miller | R. Lazarus | Estomih Mduma | Erling Svensen | Amidou Samie | Sudhir Babji | Dixner Rengifo Trigoso | Pascal Bessong | Eric R. Houpt | James A. Platts-Mills | Estomih R. Mduma | Eric Houpt | James Platts-Mills | Gwenyth O. Lee | Gwenyth O. Lee

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