Drinking water quality status and contamination in Pakistan

MK Daud, M Nafees, S Ali, M Rizwan… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Due to alarming increase in population and rapid industrialization, drinking water quality is
being deteriorated day by day in Pakistan. This review sums up the outcomes of various …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the microbiota in immunity and inflammation

Y Belkaid, TW Hand - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
The microbiota plays a fundamental role on the induction, training, and function of the host
immune system. In return, the immune system has largely evolved as a means to maintain …

The clinical evidence for postbiotics as microbial therapeutics

A Mosca, AT Abreu Y Abreu, KA Gwee, G Ianiro… - Gut …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
An optimally operating microbiome supports protective, metabolic, and immune functions,
but disruptions produce metabolites and toxins which can be involved in many conditions …

Urbanization and the gut microbiota in health and inflammatory bowel disease

T Zuo, MA Kamm, JF Colombel, SC Ng - … Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2018 - nature.com
In the 21st century, urbanization represents a major demographic shift in developed and
developing countries. Rapid urbanization in the developing world has been associated with …

Molecular physiology of membrane guanylyl cyclase receptors

M Kuhn - Physiological reviews, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Abstract cGMP controls many cellular functions ranging from growth, viability, and
differentiation to contractility, secretion, and ion transport. The mammalian genome encodes …

The Global Burden of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Gastroenteritis

SE Majowicz, J Musto, E Scallan… - Clinical infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
To estimate the global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis, we synthesized
existing data from laboratory-based surveillance and special studies, with a hierarchical …

Water, hydration, and health

BM Popkin, KE D'Anci, IH Rosenberg - Nutrition reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
This review examines the current knowledge of water intake as it pertains to human health,
including overall patterns of intake and some factors linked with intake, the complex …

The impoverished gut—a triple burden of diarrhoea, stunting and chronic disease

RL Guerrant, MD DeBoer, SR Moore… - Nature reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
More than one-fifth of the world's population live in extreme poverty, where a lack of safe
water and adequate sanitation enables high rates of enteric infections and diarrhoea to …

Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: review of worldwide outbreaks–an update 2004–2010

S Baldursson, P Karanis - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
The present update gives a comprehensive review of worldwide waterborne parasitic
protozoan outbreaks that occurred and were published globally between January 2004 and …

The population genetics of commensal Escherichia coli

O Tenaillon, D Skurnik, B Picard… - Nature reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
The primary habitat of Escherichia coli is the vertebrate gut, where it is the predominant
aerobic organism, living in symbiosis with its host. Despite the occurrence of recombination …