Leah J. Barrett

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology(14), Child Nutrition and Water Access(13), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research(8), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies(6), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics(6)

Publications36 total

Causal Pathways from Enteropathogens to Environmental Enteropathy: Findings from the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study
EBioMedicine·2017· 265 citedOpen Access
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
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2014· 374 citedOpen Access
Disease Surveillance Methods Used in the 8-Site MAL-ED Cohort Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2014· 87 citedOpen Access
Microbiologic Methods Utilized in the MAL-ED Cohort Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2014· 102 citedOpen Access
Geography, Population, Demography, Socioeconomic, Anthropometry, and Environmental Status in the MAL-ED Cohort and Case-Control Study Sites in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2014· 43 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in young children from rural South Africa: The Mal-ED cohort
International Journal of Infectious Diseases·2014· 5 citedOpen Access
High Anti-Cryptosporidium parvum IgG Seroprevalence in HIV-Infected Adults in Limpopo, South Africa
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·2013· 17 citedOpen Access
Prolonged Episodes of Acute Diarrhea Reduce Growth and Increase Risk of Persistent Diarrhea in Children
Gastroenterology·2010· 199 citedOpen Access
Effects of Vitamin A Supplementation on Intestinal Barrier Function, Growth, Total Parasitic, and Specific<i>Giardia</i>spp Infections in Brazilian Children: A Prospective Randomized, Double‐blind, Placebo‐controlled Trial
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition·2010· 70 cited
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic and Bacterial Pathogens in Diarrhoeal and Non-diarroeal Human Stools from Vhembe District, South Africa
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition·2010· 113 citedOpen Access
Seroprevalence of<i>Entamoeba</i><i>histolytica</i>in the context of HIV and AIDS: the case of Vhembe district, in South Africa's Limpopo province
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology·2010· 29 cited
Faecal contamination of drinking water in a Brazilian shanty town: importance of household storage and new human faecal marker testing
Journal of Water and Health·2009· 42 citedOpen Access
Neurological disorders in a rural Western Australian population
Internal Medicine Journal·2008· 7 cited
Detection of Epithelial‐Cell Injury, and Quantification of Infection, in the HCT‐8 Organoid Model of Cryptosporidiosis
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2008· 74 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of Campylobacter species, Helicobacter pylori and Arcobacter species in stool samples from the Venda region, Limpopo, South Africa: Studies using molecular diagnostic methods
Journal of Infection·2006· 155 cited
Angiotensin II Subtype 1 Receptor Blockade Inhibits<i>Clostridium difficile</i>Toxin A–Induced Intestinal Secretion in a Rabbit Model
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·2005· 12 citedOpen Access
APOE4 Protects the Cognitive Development in Children with Heavy Diarrhea Burdens in Northeast Brazil
Pediatric Research·2004· 148 citedOpen Access
Laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility profile of Helicobacter pylori infection in the Philippines
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials·2004· 37 citedOpen Access
Association of vitamin A and zinc status with altered intestinal permeability: analyses of cohort data from northeastern Brazil.
PubMed·2003· 57 cited
Interleukin-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and lactoferrin in immunocompetent hosts with experimental and Brazilian children with acquired cryptosporidiosis.
PubMed·2003· 55 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Richard L. Guerrant(25), Aldo Â. M. Lima(17), Margaret Kosek(7), Pascal Bessong(7), Amidou Samie(7), Richard L. Guerrant(6), Noélia L. Lima(5), Reinaldo B. Oriá(5), Alberto M. Soares(5), Gagandeep Kang(4), Bruna Leal Lima Maciel(4), Eric R. Houpt(4), Carl J. Mason(3), Monica McGrath(3), Jessica C. Seidman(3), William Checkley(3), Alexandre Havt(3), Hilda Costa(3), Alessandra Di Moura(3), José Quirino Filho(3)