INTRODUCTION
malaria, Malnutrition, malaria infection, malnutrition
MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, UNDERNOURISHED, MALNUTRITION
Malnutrition and malaria continue to be major causes of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Globally, 8.9% of the population in 2019 was undernourished,The association between malaria infection and malnutrition is complex, and the directionality of these associations is poorly understood.To better understand the relationships between malaria infection and malnutrition, we used longitudinal 6-month follow-up data from 450 children 0–5 years of age enrolled in a randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso. The objectives of this study were to examine the effect of malaria infection on short-term changes in anthropometric measures, the effect of malnutrition on malaria infection prevalence, and whether age modified any of these relationships.