Chevalier Philippe auteur aut IRD Sevilla R. auteur aut IRD Zalles L. auteur aut IRD Sejas E. auteur aut IRD Belmonte G. auteur aut IRD Parent Gérard auteur aut IRD text conferencePaper eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Malnourished children from low income families were hospitalized for a 2-month period in the immune and Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (CRIN) in Cochabamba (Bolivia). They received a special diet adapted to the form of malnutrition. Nutritional status was determined by daily clinical examination and weekly anthropometrical measurements. Immune status was assessed by weekly ultrasonography of the left lobe of the thymus and monthly determination of T lymphocytes subpopulations. The 2-month longitudinal study showed that normal anthropometric values for discharge (-1 SD of the NCHS weight for height) were resumed after one month of rehabilitation whereas two months were required for a complete immunologic recovery (350 mm2 of thymic area). Malnourished children belong to disadvantaged population groups with high exposure to disease. In such an environment, a discharge based only on anthropometric criteria could explain frequent relapses, because the immune recovery took a longer time than nutritional recovery and the children were still immune-depressed. (Résumé d'auteur) specialized MALNUTRITION PROTEINOENERGETIQUE IMMUNOLOGIE POPULATION RURALE ENFANT TRAITEMENT MEDICAL DIETETIQUE REHABILITATION NUTRITIONNELLE ANTHROPOMETRIE NUTRITIONNELLE APPORT NUTRITIONNEL ETUDE REGIONALE REHABILITATION IMMUNITAIRE BOLIVIE COCHABAMBA 054PHYMED02 International Congress of Nutrition, 16., Montréal (CAN), 1997/07/27; 1997/08/01 1 Montpellier (FRA) ORSTOM Genève OMS 1997 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010021785 [F B010021785] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010021785 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_7/b_fdi_55-56/010021785.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2000-05-03 2018-07-10 fdi:010021785 fre