Dominion University, Ibadan

Enteropathogen-specific pathways linking moderate-to-severe diarrhea to linear growth faltering in sub-Saharan African children: a decomposition analysis of the GEMS study

BACKGROUND: Associations exist between moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) and growth faltering in children; however, the underlying mechanisms are not well-understood. We evaluated the extent to which seven enteropathogens explain the association between MSD and linear growth falt...