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Article: Bacterial populations in complementary foods and drinking-water in households with children aged 10-15 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania.(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
Beyond the age of six months, breastmilk alone is no longer sufficient to meet the nutritional demands of the growing infant, and other foods and liquids (complementary foods) should, therefore, be introduced (1,2). Empirical evidence, however, demonstrates that introduction of complementary foods in resource-poor settings can result in diets that are nutritionally inadequate and microbiologically unsafe, which can lead to multiple nutrient deficiencies (3-5) and the risk of exposure to foodborne pathogens and, consequently, to gastrointestinal illnesses (6-10).
Foodborne microbial agents can cause diarrhoeal diseases and ill-health in ...