Trial reportClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2015
The Potential Role of Mycotoxins as a Contributor to Stunting in the SHINE Trial.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Agricultural and nutritional education interventions for reducing aflatoxin exposure to improve infant and child growth in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Child Stunting: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Annals of global health · 2018Pooled it
- Occurrence and Co-Occurrence of Regulated and Emerging Mycotoxins in Foods Marketed to U.S. Toddlers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Editorial: Introduction to theToxins · 2026Article
- The Difficulties in Demonstrating That Aflatoxin Reduction Improves Stunting in Developing World Regions.Toxins · 2026Review
- Early Childhood Dietary Exposure of Aflatoxins and Fumonisins in Tanzania: Role in Child Stunting and Possible Interventions (2003-2024).Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Overview of foodborne hazards associated with inflammation and metabolic health.BMC global and public health · 2025Review
- A Review of the Mycotoxin Family of Fumonisins, Their Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Methods of Detection and Effects on Humans and Animals.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- AWMF mold guideline "Medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure" - Update 2023 AWMF Register No. 161/001.Allergologie select · 2024Article
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- Mycoviruses in Fungi: Carcinogenesis of Fungal Agents May Not Always Be Mycotoxin Related.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Human Breast Milk Contamination with Aflatoxins, Impact on Children's Health, and Possible Control Means: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Aflatoxin exposure among children of age 12-59 Months in Butajira District, South-Central Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
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- Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis.Food security · 2022Article
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- Case-Control Study of Nodding Syndrome in Acholiland: Urinary Multi-Mycotoxin Screening.Toxins · 2021Article
- Adaptation of the small intestine to microbial enteropathogens in Zambian children with stunting.Nature microbiology · 2021Article
- Mycotoxin Occurrence, Exposure and Health Implications in Infants and Young Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Protocol for the trial to establish a causal linkage between mycotoxin exposure and child stunting: a cluster randomized trial.BMC public health · 2020Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Children in developing countries experience multiple exposures that are harmful to their growth and development. An emerging concern is frequent exposure to mycotoxins that contaminate a wide range of staple foods, including maize and groundnuts. Three mycotoxins are suspected to contribute to poor child health and development: aflatoxin, fumonisin, and deoxynivalenol. We summarize the evidence that mycotoxin exposure is associated with stunting, and propose that the causal pathway may be through environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) and disturbance of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) axis. The objectives of this substudy are to assess the relationship between agricultural and harvest practices and mycotoxin exposure; to evaluate associations between mycotoxin exposure and child stunting; and to investigate EED as a potential pathway linking mycotoxin exposure to child stunting, to inform potential areas for intervention.
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