Ready-to-use therapeutic food for Catch-up Growth in children after an episode of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria: an open randomised controlled trial
Authors
van der Kam, SSwarthout, T
Niragira, O
Froud, A
Sompwe, E M
Mills, C
Roll, S
Tinnemann, P
Shanks, L
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Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. saskia.vd.kam@amsterdam.msf.orgIssue Date
2012-04-25
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PLoS OneAbstract
Catch-up growth after an infection is essential for children to maintain good nutritional status. To prevent malnutrition, WHO recommends that children are given one additional healthy meal per day during the 2 weeks after onset of illness. We investigated to what extent ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) promotes catch-up growth in children after an acute, uncomplicated episode of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.PubMed ID
22558108Language
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1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0035006
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