Exploring the role of environmental enteropathy in malnutrition, infant development and oral vaccine response
Gilmartin AA;Petri WA;;
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london series b, biological sciences2015Vol. 370pp. -
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Abstract
Environmental enteropathy (EE) is a poorly defined state of intestinal inflammation without overt diarrhoea that occurs in individuals exposed over time to poor sanitation and hygiene. It is characterized pathologically by small intestine villous blunting and inflammation. In children from low-incom …