Environmental Enteropathy, Oral Vaccine Failure and Growth Faltering in Infants in Bangladesh
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Environmental Enteropathy, Oral Vaccine Failure and Growth Faltering in Infants in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a subclinical enteric condition found in low-income countries that is characterized by intestinal inflammation, reduced intestinal absorption, and gut barrier dysfunction. We aimed to assess if EE impairs the success of oral polio and rotavirus vaccines in infants in Bangladesh. METHODS We conducted a prospective observational study of 700 infants ...
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عنوان ژورنال: EBioMedicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2352-3964
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.09.036