Effect of zinc added to a daily small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on diarrhoea, malaria, fever and respiratory infections in young children in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster-randomised trial
Somé J, Abbeddou S, Jimenez E, Hess S, Ouédraogo Z, Guissou R, Vosti S, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Effect of zinc added to a daily small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on diarrhoea, malaria, fever and respiratory infections in young children in rural Burkina Faso: a cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Open 2015, 5: e007828. PMID: 26362661, PMCID: PMC4567679, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory tract infectionsAcute lower respiratory tract infectionSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsIncidence of diarrheaLower respiratory tract infectionsUpper respiratory tract infectionLipid-based nutrient supplementsSQ-LNSCluster-randomised trialPlacebo tabletsLongitudinal prevalenceIntervention groupPreventive zinc supplementationFrequency of diarrheaMonths of ageYoung childrenRural Burkina FasoMorbidity surveillanceNutrient supplementsTract infectionsRespiratory infectionsUncomplicated diarrheaZinc supplementationDiarrheaFever