@techreport{48ce31b4523c4593acf22e823f3bea05,
title = "Frequent symptomatic or asymptomatic infections may have long-term consequences on growth and cognitive development",
abstract = "Diarrhoeal disease represents a continuing public health challenge. This is based on two combined issues: in terms of mortality it ranks as the second most common cause of death in children under 5 years old (Liu et al., 2012) and in terms of morbidity it has been associated with long-term deficits in physical (Checkley et al.2008) and cognitive development (Fischer Walkeret al., 2012).",
author = "{MAL-ED Network Investigators} and Benjamin McCormick",
note = "Acknowledgements: The Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development Project (MAL-ED) is carried out as a collaborative project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Foundation for the NIH and the National Institutes of Health/Fogarty International Center. The authors thank the staff and participants of the MAL-ED Network Project for their important contributions.",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
series = "Seminar Monograph 27: Persisting consequences of intestinal infection",
publisher = "Herborn-Dill, Germany: Old Herborn University Foundation",
number = "23-39",
pages = "1--17",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Herborn-Dill, Germany: Old Herborn University Foundation",
}
