Biomarkers of Environmental Enteropathy are Positively Associated with Immune Responses to an Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladeshi Children.

• Main Authors: Muhammad Ikhtear Uddin (Author), Shahidul Islam (Author), Naoshin S Nishat (Author), Motaher Hossain (Author), Tanzeem Ahmed Rafique (Author), Rasheduzzaman Rashu (Author), Mohammad Rubel Hoq (Author), Yue Zhang (Author), Amit Saha (Author), Jason B Harris (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), Daniel T Leung (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly understood condition that refers to chronic alterations in intestinal permeability, absorption, and inflammation, which mainly affects young children in resource-limited settings. Recently, EE has been linked to suboptimal oral vaccine responses in children...