Institute: Institute de recherche pour le développement
Biography
I have been working for the last 25 years on the interaction between nutrition (especially micronutrient deficiencies), immune function and infectious diseases. Currently, we have started work on the effect of nutritional status, vaccination and subsequent morbidity in children living in LMIC, such as Cambodia and Guinea-Bissau.
Key Publications
1. Whitfield KC, Smith G, Chamnan C, Karakochuk CD, Sophonneary P, Kuong K, Dijkhuizen MA, Hong R, Berger J, Green TJ, Wieringa FT: High prevalence of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in early childhood among a nationally representative sample of Cambodian women of childbearing age and their children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017, 11:e0005814.
2. Hong R, Ahn PY, Wieringa F, Rathavy T, Gauthier L, Hong R, Laillou A, Van Geystelen J, Berger J, Poirot E: The unfinished health agenda: Neonatal mortality in Cambodia. PLoS One 2017, 12:e0173763.
3. Wieringa FT, Dahl M, Chamnan C, Poirot E, Kuong K, Sophonneary P, Sinuon M, Greuffeille V, Hong R, Berger J: The High Prevalence of Anemia in Cambodian Children and Women Cannot Be Satisfactorily Explained by Nutritional Deficiencies or Hemoglobin Disorders. Nutrients 2016, 8:348.
4. de Gier B, Campos Ponce M, Perignon M, Fiorentino M, Khov K, Chamnan C, de Boer MR, Parker ME, Burja K, Dijkhuizen MA, et al: Micronutrient-Fortified Rice Can Increase Hookworm Infection Risk: A Cluster Randomized Trial. PLoS One 2016, 11:e0145351
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