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| Title: | Microsporidiosis and malnutrition in children with persistent diarrhea, Uganda |
| Authors: | Tumwine, James K.
Ndeezi, Grace
Naumova, Elena N.
Mor, Siobhan M.
Tzipori, Saul |
| Keywords: | Microsporidian fungus
Malnutrition
Diarrhea
Children |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2009 |
| Publisher: | National Center for Infectious Diseases |
| Citation: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009, 15(1): 49-52 |
| Abstract: | We show that the microsporidian fungus Enterocytozoon bieneusi is associated with lower rates of weight gain in children in Uganda with persistent diarrhea. This relationship remained after controlling for HIV and concurrent cryptosporidiosis. Children with microsporidiosis were predicted to weigh 1.3 kg less than children without microsporidiosis at 5 years of age. |
| URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.071536
http://www.cdc.gov/eid
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/697 |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Sch. of Med.)
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