Association between stunting and fecal calprotectin levels in breastfed infants living in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross sectional study
This study shows higher FC levels in exclusively breastfed and in stunted infants living in rural areas of South-Kivu. Further studies are needed to assess the prevalence of EED and its association with stunting in the DRC.
Authors
- Espoir Bwenge Malembaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-0253)
- Ghislain Maheshe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2227-5999)
- Richard Mbusa Kambale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6545-2441)
- Marius Baguma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4934-4846)
- Joe Bwija Kasengi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-7245)
- Paluku Bahwere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6234-8121)
- Ghislain Bisimwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4799-1115)
- Oreste Battisti
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Valid International (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Université Catholique de Bukavu (CD)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.35
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00