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.

• Main Authors: Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade (Author), Rebecca J Scharf (Author), Erling Svensen (Author), Amber Huggins (Author), Angelina Maphula (Author), Eliwaza Bayo (Author), Ladislaus Blacy (Author), Paula Pamplona E de Souza (Author), Hilda Costa (Author), Eric R Houpt (Author), Pascal O Bessong (Author), Estomih R Mduma (Author), Aldo A M Lima (Author), Richard L Guerrant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Shigella 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 Shigella infections affect sc...