Stunting affects ~ 147 million children in developing countries. Studies have pointed to a relationship between stunting and different pathogens that are associated with diarrhoeal illness. New easy-to-use tools for diagnosing these pathogens could help to identify children at risk for growth shortfall, and reduce the prevalence of stunting and the large burden of disease associated with it.
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The views of Dr. Maghill are his personal viewpoints and do not represent official policy of the US Department of Defense or the US Army. The authors thank T. Brewer and R. Rabinovich (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, USA), P. Duffy (Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Washington, USA), N. White (Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand) and A. Shepherd (Omega Diagnostics Group PLC, Alva, Scotland, UK) for comments on earlier presentations of this work.
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Ricci, K., Girosi, F., Tarr, P. et al. Reducing stunting among children: the potential contribution of diagnostics. Nature 444 (Suppl 1), 29–38 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05444
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