Impact of Shigella infections and inflammation early in life on child growth and school-aged cognitive outcomes: Findings from three birth cohorts over eight years.

Autor: Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Rebecca J Scharf, Erling Svensen, Amber Huggins, Angelina Maphula, Eliwaza Bayo, Ladislaus Blacy, Paula Pamplona E de Souza, Hilda Costa, Eric R Houpt, Pascal O Bessong, Estomih R Mduma, Aldo A M Lima, Richard L Guerrant

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0010722 (2022)

BackgroundShigella infections cause inflammation, which has been hypothesized to mediate the associations between Shigella and child development outcomes among children in low-resource settings. We aimed to assess whether early life inflammation and

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Health-promoting work schedules: protocol for a large-scale cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of a work schedule without quick returns on sickness absence among healthcare workers

Autor: Bjørn Bjorvatn, Ståle Pallesen, Siri Waage, Erling Svensen, Morten Nielsen, Anette Harris, Øystein Vedaa, Stein Atle Lie, Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2022)

Introduction In shift work, quick returns refer to transitions between two shifts with less than 11 hours available rest time. Twenty-three per cent of employees in European countries reported having quick returns. Quick returns are related to short

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Effect of scheduled antimicrobial and nicotinamide treatment on linear growth in children in rural Tanzania: A factorial randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Autor: Mark D DeBoer, James A Platts-Mills, Sarah E Elwood, Rebecca J Scharf, Joann M McDermid, Anne W Wanjuhi, Samwel Jatosh, Siphael Katengu, Tarina C Parpia, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Jean Gratz, Erling Svensen, Jonathan R Swann, Jeffrey R Donowitz, Paschal Mdoe, Sokoine Kivuyo, Eric R Houpt, Estomih Mduma

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 9, p e1003617 (2021)

BackgroundStunting among children in low-resource settings is associated with enteric pathogen carriage and micronutrient deficiencies. Our goal was to test whether administration of scheduled antimicrobials and daily nicotinamide improved linear gro

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Determinants of early child development in rural Tanzania

Autor: Ingeborg G. Ribe, Erling Svensen, Britt A. Lyngmo, Estomih Mduma, Sven G. Hinderaker

Publikováno v: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)

Abstract Background It has been estimated that more than 200 million children under the age of five do not reach their full potential in cognitive development. Much of what we know about brain development is based on research from high-income countri

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Causal Pathways from Enteropathogens to Environmental Enteropathy: Findings from the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study

Autor: Margaret N. Kosek, Tahmeed Ahmed, Zulfiquar Bhutta, Laura Caulfield, Richard Guerrant, Eric Houpt, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret Kosek, Gwenyth Lee, Aldo Lima, Benjamin J.J. McCormick, James Platts-Mills, Jessica Seidman, Rebecca R. Blank, Michael Gottlieb, Stacey L. Knobler, Dennis R. Lang, Mark A. Miller, Karen H. Tountas, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, William Checkley, Richard L. Guerrant, Carl J. Mason, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, William A. Petri, Jr., Jessica C. Seidman, Pascal Bessong, Rashidul Haque, Sushil John, Aldo A.M. Lima, Estomih R. Mduma, Reinaldo B. Oriá, Prakash Sunder Shrestha, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Anita K.M. Zaidi, Cláudia B. Abreu, Angel Mendez Acosta, Imran Ahmed, A.M. Shamsir Ahmed, Asad Ali, Ramya Ambikapathi, Leah Barrett, Aubrey Bauck, Eliwaza Bayyo, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Anuradha Bose, J. Daniel Carreon, Ram Krishna Chandyo, Vivek Charu, Hilda Costa, Rebecca Dillingham, Alessandra Di Moura, Viyada Doan, Jose Quirino Filho, Jhanelle Graham, Christel Hoest, Iqbal Hossain, Munirul Islam, M. Steffi Jennifer, Shiny Kaki, Beena Koshy, Álvaro M. Leite, Noélia L. Lima, Bruna L.L. Maciel, Mustafa Mahfuz, Cloupas Mahopo, Angelina Maphula, Monica McGrath, Archana Mohale, Milena Moraes, Francisco S. Mota, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Regisiana Mvungi, Gaurvika Nayyar, Emanuel Nyathi, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Reinaldo Oria, Angel Orbe Vasquez, William K. Pan, John Pascal, Crystal L. Patil, Laura Pendergast, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Stephanie Psaki, Mohan Venkata Raghava, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Muneera Rasheed, Zeba A. Rasmussen, Stephanie A. Richard, Anuradha Rose, Reeba Roshan, Barbara Schaefer, Rebecca Scharf, Srujan L. Sharma, Binob Shrestha, Rita Shrestha, Suzanne Simons, Alberto M. Soares, Rosa M.S. Mota, Sajid Soofi, Tor Strand, Fahmida Tofail, Rahul J. Thomas, Ali Turab, Manjeswori Ulak, Vivian Wang, Ladislaus Yarrot, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Didar Alam, Caroline Amour, Cesar Banda Chavez, Sudhir Babji, Rosa Rios de Burga, Julian Torres Flores, Jean Gratz, Ajila T. George, Dinesh Hariraju, Alexandre Havt, Priyadarshani Karunakaran, Robin P. Lazarus, Ila F. Lima, Dinesh Mondal, Pedro H.Q.S. Medeiros, Rosemary Nshama, Josiane Quetz, Shahida Qureshi, Sophy Raju, Anup Ramachandran, Rakhi Ramadas, A. Catharine Ross, Mery Siguas Salas, Amidou Samie, Kerry Schulze, E. Shanmuga Sundaram, Buliga Mujaga Swema, Dixner Rengifo Trigoso

Publikováno v: EBioMedicine, Vol 18, Iss C, Pp 109-117 (2017)

Background: Environmental enteropathy (EE), the adverse impact of frequent and numerous enteric infections on the gut resulting in a state of persistent immune activation and altered permeability, has been proposed as a key determinant of growth fail

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