@article{8d905112cd594d5a9b297cba1a427cfe,
title = "Microbiologic methods utilized in the MAL-ED cohort study",
abstract = "A central hypothesis of The Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study is that enteropathogens contribute to growth faltering. To examine this question, the MAL-ED network of investigators set out to achieve 3 goals: (1) develop harmonized protocols to test for a diverse range of enteropathogens, (2) provide quality-assured and comparable results from 8 global sites, and (3) achieve maximum laboratory throughput and minimum cost. This paper describes the rationale for the microbiologic assays chosen and methodologies used to accomplish the 3 goals.",
keywords = "ELISA, PCR, culture, enteropathogen, microscopy",
author = "Eric Houpt and Jean Gratz and Margaret Kosek and Zaidi, {Anita K.M.} and Shahida Qureshi and Gagandeep Kang and Sudhir Babji and Carl Mason and Ladaporn Bodhidatta and Amidou Samie and Pascal Bessong and Leah Barrett and Aldo Lima and Alexandre Havt and Rashidul Haque and Dinesh Mondal and Mami Taniuchi and Suzanne Stroup and Monica McGrath and Dennis Lang",
note = "Funding Information: Supplement sponsorship. This article appeared as part of the supplement “The Malnutrition and Enteric Disease Study (MAL-ED): Understanding the Consequences for Child Health and Development,” which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Funding Information: Financial support. 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 & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health; and the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 The Author.",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/cid/ciu413",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "59",
pages = "S225--S232",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
}