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Pascal O. Bessong
Researcher at University of Venda
Publications - 159
Citations - 6537
Pascal O. Bessong is an academic researcher from University of Venda. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Drug resistance. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 152 publications receiving 5141 citations. Previous affiliations of Pascal O. Bessong include University of Virginia & Aga Khan University.
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Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED).
James A Platts-Mills,Sudhir Babji,Ladaporn Bodhidatta,Jean Gratz,Jean Gratz,Rashidul Haque,Alexandre Havt,Benjamin J.J. McCormick,Monica McGrath,Maribel Paredes Olortegui,Amidou Samie,Sadia Shakoor,Dinesh Mondal,Ila Fn Lima,Dinesh Hariraju,Bishnu Bahadur Rayamajhi,Shahida Qureshi,Furqan Kabir,Pablo Peñataro Yori,Brenda Mufamadi,Caroline Amour,J. Daniel Carreon,Stephanie A. Richard,Dennis Lang,Pascal O. Bessong,Esto Mduma,Tahmeed Ahmed,Aldo A. M. Lima,Carl J. Mason,Anita K. M. Zaidi,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Margaret Kosek,Richard L. Guerrant,Michael Gottlieb,Mark A. Miller,Gagandeep Kang,Eric R. Houpt +36 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that although single-pathogen strategies have an important role in the reduction of the burden of severe diarrhoea disease, the effect of such interventions on total diarrhoeal incidence at the community level might be limited.
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The MAL-ED Study: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Approach to Understand the Relationship Between Enteric Pathogens, Malnutrition, Gut Physiology, Physical Growth, Cognitive Development, and Immune Responses in Infants and Children Up to 2 Years of Age in Resource-Poor Environments
Angel Mendez Acosta,Cesar Banda Chavez,Julian Torres Flores,Maribel Paredes Olotegui,Silvia Rengifo Pinedo,Dixner Rengifo Trigoso,Angel Orbe Vasquez,Imran Ahmed,Didar Alam,Asad Ali,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Shahida Qureshi,Sadia Shakoor,Sajid Bashir Soofi,Ali Turab,Aisha K. Yousafzai,Anita K. M. Zaidi,Ladaporn Bodhidatta,Carl J. Mason,Sudhir Babji,Anuradha Bose,Sushil John,Gagandeep Kang,Beena Kurien,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Mohan Venkata Raghava,Anup Ramachandran,Anuradha Rose,William Pan,Ramya Ambikapathi,Danny Carreon,Vivek Charu,Leyfou Dabo,Viyada Doan,Jhanelle Graham,Christel Hoest,Stacey Knobler,Dennis Lang,Benjamin J.J. McCormick,Monica McGrath,Mark A. Miller,Archana Mohale,Gaurvika M. L. Nayyar,Stephanie Psaki,Zeba A Rasmussen,Stephanie A. Richard,Jessica C. Seidman,Vivian Ota Wang,Rebecca Blank,Michael Gottlieb,Karen H. Tountas,Caroline Amour,Estomih Mduma,Tahmeed Ahmed,AM Shamsir Ahmed,Mondol Dinesh,Fahmida Tofail,Rashidul Haque,Iqbal Hossain,M Munirul Islam,Mustafa Mahfuz,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Prakash Shrestha,Rita Shrestha,Manjeswori Ulak,Robert E. Black,Laura E. Caulfield,William Checkley,Ping Chen,Margaret Kosek,Gwenyth O. Lee,Pablo Peñataro Yori,Laura E. Murray-Kolb,Barbara A. Schaefer,Laura L. Pendergast,Cláudia B. Abreu,Alexandre Havt Bindá,H. Costa,Alessandra Di Moura,José Q. Filho,Álvaro M. Leite,Aldo A. M. Lima,Noélia L. Lima,Ila F. N. Lima,Bruna Leal Lima Maciel,Milena Lima de Moraes,Francisco Suetônio Bastos Mota,Reinaldo B. Oriá,Josiane da Silva Quetz,Alberto M. Soares,Erling Svensen,Strand Tor,Crystal L. Patil,Pascal O. Bessong,Cloupas Mahopo,Angelina Mapula,Cebisa Nesamvuni,Emanuel Nyathi,Amidou Samie,Leah J. Barrett,Jean Gratz,Richard Guerrant,Eric R. Houpt,Liz Olmsted,William A. Petri,James A Platts-Mills,Rebecca J. Scharf,Binob Shrestha,Sanjaya K. Shrestha +108 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis is that enteropathogen infection contributes to undernutrition by causing intestinal inflammation and/or by altering intestinal barrier and absorptive function, and it is further postulated that this leads to growth faltering and deficits in cognitive development.
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Fecal markers of intestinal inflammation and permeability associated with the subsequent acquisition of linear growth deficits in infants
Margaret Kosek,Rashidul Haque,Aldo A. M. Lima,Sudhir Babji,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Shahida Qureshi,Samie Amidou,Estomih Mduma,Gwenyth O. Lee,Pablo Peñataro Yori,Richard L. Guerrant,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Carl J. Mason,Gagandeep Kang,Mamun Kabir,Caroline Amour,Pascal O. Bessong,Ali Turab,Jessica C. Seidman,Maribel Paredes Olortegui,Josiane da Silva Quetz,Dennis Lang,Jean Gratz,Mark A. Miller,Michael Gottlieb +24 more
TL;DR: Three commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were performed in a structured sampling of asymptomatic stool from children under longitudinal surveillance for diarrheal illness in eight countries and delineates those at risk of linear growth failure.
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Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings: Longitudinal analysis of results from the MAL-ED cohort study
Elizabeth T. Rogawski,Jie Liu,James A Platts-Mills,Furqan Kabir,Paphavee Lertsethtakarn,Mery Siguas,Shaila S Khan,Ira Praharaj,Arinao Murei,Rosemary Nshama,Buliga Mujaga,Alexandre Havt,Irene A Maciel,Darwin J. Operario,Mami Taniuchi,Jean Gratz,Suzanne Stroup,James H Roberts,Adil Kalam,Fatima Aziz,Shahida Qureshi,M Ohedul Islam,Pimmada Sakpaisal,Sasikorn Silapong,Pablo Peñataro Yori,Revathi Rajendiran,Blossom Benny,Monica McGrath,Monica McGrath,Jessica C. Seidman,Dennis Lang,Michael Gottlieb,Richard L. Guerrant,Aldo A. M. Lima,José Paulo Gagliardi Leite,Amidou Samie,Pascal O. Bessong,Nicola Page,Ladaporn Bodhidatta,Carl J. Mason,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Ireen Kiwelu,Estomih Mduma,Najeeha Talat Iqbal,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Tahmeed Ahmed,Rashidul Haque,Gagandeep Kang,Margaret Kosek,Eric R. Houpt,Angel Mendez Acosta,Rosa Burga,Cesar Banda Chavez,Julian Torres Flores,Maribel Paredes Olotegui,Silvia Rengifo Pinedo,Dixner Rengifo Trigoso,Angel Orbe Vasquez,Imran Ahmed,Didar Alam,Asad Ali,Muneera A. Rasheed,Sajid Bashir Soofi,Ali Turab,Aisha K. Yousafzai,Anita K. M. Zaidi,Binob Shrestha,Bishnu Bahadur Rayamajhi,Tor A. Strand,Geetha Ammu,Sudhir Babji,Anuradha Bose,Ajila T. George,Dinesh Hariraju,M. Steffi Jennifer,Sushil John,Shiny Kaki,Priyadarshani Karunakaran,Beena Koshy,Robin P. Lazarus,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Preethi Ragasudha,Mohan Venkata Raghava,Sophy Raju,Anup Ramachandran,Rakhi Ramadas,Karthikeyan Ramanujam,Anuradha Rose,Reeba Roshan,Srujan Lam Sharma,Shanmuga Sundaram,Rahul J. Thomas,William Pan,Ramya Ambikapathi,J. Daniel Carreon,Viyada Doan,Christel Hoest,Stacey Knobler,Mark A. Miller,Stephanie Psaki,Zeba A Rasmussen,Stephanie A. Richard,Karen H. Tountas,Erling Svensen,Caroline Amour,Eliwaza Bayyo,Regisiana Mvungi,John M. Pascal,Ladislaus Blacy Yarrot,Leah J. Barrett,Rebecca Dillingham,William A. Petri,Rebecca J. Scharf,AM Shamsir Ahmed,Ashraful Alam,Umma Haque,Iqbal Hossain,M Munirul Islam,Mustafa Mahfuz,Dinesh Mondal,Baitun Nahar,Fahmida Tofail,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Prakash Shrestha,Rita Shrestha,Manjeswori Ulak,Aubrey Bauck,Robert E. Black,Laura E. Caulfield,William Checkley,Gwenyth O. Lee,Kerry Schulze,Samuel Scott,Laura E. Murray-Kolb,A. Catharine Ross,Barbara A. Schaefer,Suzanne Simons,Laura L. Pendergast,Cláudia B. Abreu,H. Costa,Alessandra Di Moura,José Q. Filho,Álvaro M. Leite,Noélia L. Lima,Ila F. N. Lima,Bruna L L Maciel,Pedro Hqs Medeiros,Milena Lima de Moraes,Francisco Suetônio Bastos Mota,Reinaldo B. Oriá,Josiane da Silva Quetz,Alberto M. Soares,Rosa Ms Mota,Crystal L. Patil,Cloupas Mahopo,Angelina Maphula,Emanuel Nyathi +157 more
TL;DR: Subclinical infection and quantity of pathogens, particularly Shigella, enteroaggregative E coli, Campylobacter, and Giardia, had a substantial negative association with linear growth, which was sustained during the first 2 years of life, and in some cases, to 5 years.
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Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to assess the aetiology, burden, and clinical characteristics of diarrhoea in children in low-resource settings: a reanalysis of the MAL-ED cohort study.
James A Platts-Mills,Jie Liu,Elizabeth T. Rogawski,Furqan Kabir,Paphavee Lertsethtakarn,Mery Siguas,Shaila S Khan,Ira Praharaj,Arinao Murei,Rosemary Nshama,Buliga Mujaga,Alexandre Havt,Irene A Maciel,Timothy L. McMurry,Darwin J. Operario,Mami Taniuchi,Jean Gratz,Suzanne Stroup,James H Roberts,Adil Kalam,Fatima Aziz,Shahida Qureshi,M Ohedul Islam,Pimmada Sakpaisal,Sasikorn Silapong,Pablo Peñataro Yori,Revathi Rajendiran,Blossom Benny,Monica McGrath,Monica McGrath,Benjamin J.J. McCormick,Jessica C. Seidman,Dennis Lang,Michael Gottlieb,Richard L. Guerrant,Aldo A. M. Lima,José Paulo Gagliardi Leite,Amidou Samie,Pascal O. Bessong,Nicola Page,Ladaporn Bodhidatta,Carl J. Mason,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Sanjaya K. Shrestha,Ireen Kiwelu,Estomih Mduma,Najeeha Talat Iqbal,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Tahmeed Ahmed,Rashidul Haque,Gagandeep Kang,Margaret Kosek,Eric R. Houpt,Angel Mendez Acosta,Rosa Burga,Cesar Banda Chavez,Julian Torres Flores,Maribel Paredes Olotegui,Silvia Rengifo Pinedo,Dixner Rengifo Trigoso,Angel Orbe Vasquez,Imran Ahmed,Didar Alam,Asad Ali,Muneera A. Rasheed,Sajid Bashir Soofi,Ali Turab,Aisha K. Yousafzai,Anita K. M. Zaidi,Binob Shrestha,Bishnu Bahadur Rayamajhi,Tor A. Strand,Geetha Ammu,Sudhir Babji,Anuradha Bose,Ajila T. George,Dinesh Hariraju,M. Steffi Jennifer,Sushil John,Shiny Kaki,Priyadarshani Karunakaran,Beena Koshy,Robin P. Lazarus,Jayaprakash Muliyil,Preethi Ragasudha,Mohan Venkata Raghava,Sophy Raju,Anup Ramachandran,Rakhi Ramadas,Karthikeyan Ramanujam,Anuradha Rose,Reeba Roshan,Srujan Lam Sharma,Shanmuga Sundaram,Rahul J. Thomas,William Pan,Ramya Ambikapathi,J. Daniel Carreon,Viyada Doan,Christel Hoest,Stacey Knobler,Mark A. Miller,Stephanie Psaki,Zeba A Rasmussen,Stephanie A. Richard,Karen H. Tountas,Erling Svensen,Caroline Amour,Eliwaza Bayyo,Regisiana Mvungi,John M. Pascal,Ladislaus Blacy Yarrot,Leah J. Barrett,Rebecca Dillingham,William A. Petri,Rebecca J. Scharf,AM Shamsir Ahmed,Ashraful Alam,Umma Haque,Iqbal Hossain,M Munirul Islam,Mustafa Mahfuz,Dinesh Mondal,Baitun Nahar,Fahmida Tofail,Ram Krishna Chandyo,Prakash Shrestha,Rita Shrestha,Manjeswori Ulak,Aubrey Bauck,Robert E. Black,Laura E. Caulfield,William Checkley,Gwenyth O. Lee,Kerry Schulze,Samuel Scott,Laura E. Murray-Kolb,A. Catharine Ross,Barbara A. Schaefer,Suzanne Simons,Laura L. Pendergast,Cláudia B. Abreu,H. Costa,Alessandra Di Moura,José Q. Filho,Álvaro M. Leite,Noélia L. Lima,Ila F. N. Lima,Bruna L L Maciel,Pedro Hqs Medeiros,Milena Lima de Moraes,Francisco Suetônio Bastos Mota,Reinaldo B. Oriá,Josiane da Silva Quetz,Alberto M. Soares,Rosa Ms Mota,Crystal L. Patil,Cloupas Mahopo,Angelina Maphula,Emanuel Nyathi +159 more
TL;DR: Quantitative molecular diagnostics improved estimates of pathogen-specific burdens of childhood diarrhoea in the community setting and created aetiology prediction scores using clinical characteristics that could improve the management of diarrhoee in these low-resource settings.