Symptomatic and asymptomatic Campylobacter infections associated with reduced growth in Peruvian children.

• Main Authors: Gwenyth Lee (Author), William Pan (Author), Pablo Peñataro Yori (Author), Maribel Paredes Olortegui (Author), Drake Tilley (Author), Michael Gregory (Author), Richard Oberhelman (Author), Rosa Burga (Author), Cesar Banda Chavez (Author), Margaret Kosek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Although diarrheal illnesses are recognized as both a cause and effect of undernutrition, evidence for the effect of specific enteropathogens on early childhood growth remains limited. We estimated the effects of undernutrition as a risk factor for campylobacteriosis,...