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SUBMITTER: Kosek M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4204611 | biostudies-other | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20141101
Individuals in the developing world live in conditions of intense exposure to enteric pathogens due to suboptimal water and sanitation. These environmental conditions lead to alterations in intestinal structure, function, and local and systemic immune activation that are collectively referred to as environmental enteropathy (EE). This condition, although poorly defined, is likely to be exacerbated by undernutrition as well as being responsible for permanent growth deficits acquired in early chil ...[more]