Effects of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Peruvian Children: Growth Faltering and Subsequent Catch-up Growth

Effects of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in Peruvian children: growth faltering and subsequent catch-up growth.

The authors conducted a 2-year (1989-1991) community-based longitudinal study in a shantytown in Lima, Peru, to examine the effect of Cryptosporidium parvum infection on child growth during the year following the onset of infection. A cohort of children, aged 0-3 months at recruitment, was followed monthly for anthropometrics, weekly for stool samples, and daily for diarrheal status. Data from ...

Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium andersoni infection in naturally infected cattle of northwest Iran

The protozoan intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium commonly infects cattle throughout the world and Iran. The present study was undertaken to determine the abundance and associated risk factors of Cryptosporidium infection in cattle herds of northwestern Iran. A total number of 246 fecal samples from 138 (56.1%) diarrheic (D) and 108 (43.9%) non-diarrheic (ND) cattle were rando...

Growth plate senescence and catch-up growth.

Longitudinal bone growth is rapid in prenatal and early postnatal life, but then slows with age and eventually ceases. This growth deceleration is caused primarily by a decrease in chondrocyte proliferation, and is associated with other structural, functional, and molecular changes collectively termed growth plate senescence. Current evidence suggests that growth plate senescence occurs because...

Catch-up Growth

Drivers of Growth Faltering in Children

— Growth faltering describes a widespread phenomenon that height and weight-for-age of children in developing countries collapse rapidly in the first two years of life. We study the demographic and socio-economic drivers behind growth faltering using Demographic and Health Surveys from 56 developing countries. Applying non-parametric techniques and exploiting within mother variation, we find th...