Search Results - "Stoltzfus, J"

The gut microbiome and early-life growth in a population with high prevalence of stunting by Robertson, Ruairi C., Edens, Thaddeus J., Carr, Lynnea, Mutasa, Kuda, Gough, Ethan K., Evans, Ceri, Geum, Hyun Min, Baharmand, Iman, Gill, Sandeep K., Ntozini, Robert, Smith, Laura E., Chasekwa, Bernard, Majo, Florence D., Tavengwa, Naume V., Mutasa, Batsirai, Francis, Freddy, Tome, Joice, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Humphrey, Jean H., Prendergast, Andrew J., Manges, Amee R.

“…Stunting affects one-in-five children globally and is associated with greater infectious morbidity, mortality and neurodevelopmental deficits. Recent evidence…”
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Stunting is characterized by chronic inflammation in Zimbabwean infants by Prendergast, Andrew J, Rukobo, Sandra, Chasekwa, Bernard, Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Jones, Andrew, Moulton, Lawrence H, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Humphrey, Jean H

“…Stunting affects one-third of children in developing countries, but the causes remain unclear. We hypothesized that enteropathy leads to low-grade…”
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Formative research on hygiene behaviors and geophagy among infants and young children and implications of exposure to fecal bacteria by Ngure, Francis M, Humphrey, Jean H, Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Majo, Florence, Mutasa, Kuda, Govha, Margaret, Mazarura, Exevia, Chasekwa, Bernard, Prendergast, Andrew J, Curtis, Valerie, Boor, Kathyrn J, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J

“…We conducted direct observation of 23 caregiver-infant pairs for 130 hours and recorded wash-related behaviors to identify pathways of fecal-oral transmission…”
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Food Chain Mycotoxin Exposure, Gut Health, and Impaired Growth: A Conceptual Framework by Smith, Laura E., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Prendergast, Andrew

“…Childhood stunting is an important and intractable public health problem that underlies ∼20% of deaths among children aged <5 y in developing countries…”
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Defining iron-deficiency anemia in public health terms: a time for reflection by Stoltzfus, R

“…This paper provides a historical context for this meeting, which aimed to examine critically the way we have defined iron-deficiency anemia as a public health…”
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Anti-CRISPR proteins trigger a burst of CRISPR-Cas9 expression that enhances phage defense by Workman, Rachael E., Stoltzfus, Marie J., Keith, Nicholas C., Euler, Chad W., Bondy-Denomy, Joseph, Modell, Joshua W.

“…CRISPR-Cas immune systems provide bacteria with adaptive immunity against bacteriophages, but they are often transcriptionally repressed to mitigate…”
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The quality of maternal nutrition and infant feeding counselling during antenatal care in South Asia by Torlesse, Harriet, Benedict, Rukundo K., Craig, Hope C., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J.

“…Antenatal care (ANC) provides a platform to counsel pregnant women on maternal nutrition and to prepare the mother to breastfeed. Recent reviews suggest that…”
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Effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene and improved complementary feeding on environmental enteric dysfunction in children in rural Zimbabwe: A cluster-randomized controlled trial by Gough, Ethan K, Moulton, Lawrence H, Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Majo, Florence D, Smith, Laura E, Panic, Gordana, Giallourou, Natasa, Jamell, Mark, Kosek, Peter, Swann, Jonathan R, Humphrey, Jean H, Prendergast, Andrew J

“…Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may be an important modifiable cause of child stunting. We described the evolution of EED biomarkers from birth to 18…”
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Arsenic Exposure and Cognitive Performance in Mexican Schoolchildren by Jorge L. Rosado, Dolores Ronquillo, Katarzyna Kordas, Olga Rojas, Alatorre, Javier, Lopez, Patricia, Gonzalo Garcia-Vargas, María del Carmen Caamaño, Cebrián, Mariano E., Rebecca J. Stoltzfus

“…Background: Previous studies have suggested an effect of high arsenic concentration on cognitive and neurobehavioral function in humans. Objective: Our goal…”
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The impact of antibiotics on growth in children in low and middle income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Gough, Ethan K, Moodie, Erica E M, Prendergast, Andrew J, Johnson, Sarasa M A, Humphrey, Jean H, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Walker, A Sarah, Trehan, Indi, Gibb, Diana M, Goto, Rie, Tahan, Soraia, de Morais, Mauro Batista, Manges, Amee R

“…Objectives To determine whether antibiotic treatment leads to improvements in growth in prepubertal children in low and middle income countries, to determine…”
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Independent and combined effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and improved complementary feeding on early neurodevelopment among children born to HIV-negative mothers in rural Zimbabwe: Substudy of a cluster-randomized trial by Gladstone, Melissa J, Chandna, Jaya, Kandawasvika, Gwendoline, Ntozini, Robert, Majo, Florence D, Tavengwa, Naume V, Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Mangwadu, Goldberg T, Chigumira, Ancikaria, Chasokela, Cynthia M, Moulton, Lawrence H, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Humphrey, Jean H, Prendergast, Andrew J

“…Globally, nearly 250 million children (43% of all children under 5 years of age) are at risk of compromised neurodevelopment due to poverty, stunting, and lack…”
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Iron deficiency: global prevalence and consequences by Stoltzfus, Rebecca J

“…Iron deficiency is considered to be one of most prevalent forms of malnutrition, yet there has been a lack of consensus about the nature and magnitude of the…”
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Measuring wealth in rural communities: Lessons from the Sanitation, Hygiene, Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial by Chasekwa, Bernard, Maluccio, John A, Ntozini, Robert, Moulton, Lawrence H, Wu, Fan, Smith, Laura E, Matare, Cynthia R, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Tielsch, James M, Martin, Stephanie L, Jones, Andrew D, Humphrey, Jean H, Fielding, Katherine

“…Poverty and human capital development are inextricably linked and therefore research on human capital typically incorporates measures of economic well-being…”
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Determination of Urinary Mycotoxin Biomarkers Using a Sensitive Online Solid Phase Extraction-UHPLC-MS/MS Method by Schmidt, Jessica, Cramer, Benedikt, Turner, Paul C, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Humphrey, Jean H, Smith, Laura E, Humpf, Hans-Ulrich

“…In the course of assessing the human exposure to mycotoxins, biomarker-based approaches have proven to be important tools. Low concentration levels, complex…”
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Nutrition agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation: lessons from the Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative by Pelletier, David L, Frongillo, Edward A, Gervais, Suzanne, Hoey, Lesli, Menon, Purnima, Ngo, Tien, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Ahmed, A M Shamsir, Ahmed, Tahmeed

“…Undemutrition is the single largest contributor to the global burden of disease and can be addressed through a number of highly efficacious interventions…”
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Interactions between Zinc Deficiency and Environmental Enteropathy in Developing Countries by Lindenmayer, Greta W., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Prendergast, Andrew J.

“…Zinc deficiency affects one-fifth of the world's population and leads to substantial morbidity and mortality. Environmental enteropathy (EE), a subclinical…”
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Maternal fecal microbiome predicts gestational age, birth weight and neonatal growth in rural Zimbabwe by Gough, Ethan K., Edens, Thaddeus J., Geum, Hyun Min, Baharmand, Iman, Gill, Sandeep K., Robertson, Ruairi C., Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Smith, Laura E, Chasekwa, Bernard, Majo, Florence D., Tavengwa, Naume V., Mutasa, Batsirai, Francis, Freddy, Carr, Lynnea, Tome, Joice, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Moulton, Lawrence H., Prendergast, Andrew J., Humphrey, Jean H., Manges, Amee R., Team, SHINE Trial

“…Preterm birth and low birth weight (LBW) affect one in ten and one in seven livebirths, respectively, primarily in low-income and middle-income countries…”
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Prevalence and predictors of exposure to multiple metals in preschool children from Montevideo, Uruguay by Kordas, Katarzyna, Queirolo, Elena I., Ettinger, Adrienne S., Wright, Robert O., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J.

“…The extent of children's exposure to multiple toxic metals is not well described in many developing countries. We examined metal exposures in young children…”
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New evidence of iron and zinc interplay at the enterocyte and neural tissues by Kordas, Katarzyna, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J

“…Because combined iron-zinc supplementation regimens are employed with increasing frequency in field trials to combat co-occurring iron and zinc deficiencies,…”
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Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial by Sazawal, Sunil, Black, Robert E, Ramsan, Mahdi, Chwaya, Hababu M, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Dutta, Arup, Dhingra, Usha, Kabole, Ibrahim, Deb, Saikat, Othman, Mashavi K, Kabole, Fatma M

“…Anaemia caused by iron deficiency is common in children younger than age 5 years in eastern Africa. However, there is concern that universal supplementation of…”
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