Acknowledgements
Tariq, Infections
ROTH, SECONDARY, INFECTIONS
We wish to thank Dr. Daniel E. Roth, PI of the MDIG Trial for providing conceptual inputs to this study, review of methods and results and access to the MDIG data. We thank Huma Qamar, Ulaina Tariq and the SickKids team for their contributions to methods and review of findings and overall contributions to the MDIG study as well as Jithin Sam Varghese for consultation on analytical methods. We wish to acknowledge the teams at ICDDR, B, and other MDIG collaborators in Bangladesh and internationally for all their contributions to the parent study. We also acknowledge the CDC for Se biomarker analyses. Finally, we extend our gratitude to the Bangladeshi mothers and children who participated in this study.The parent MDIG study and analysis of Se in biological specimens were funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This secondary analysis was supported by the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbiome, Infections and Childhood Growth and Development through the Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children to RVM under the supervision of Dr. Daniel E. Roth.R. M. and C. K. designed the study. R. M. conducted analysis and wrote the manuscript. D. H. H. provided conceptual inputs to this study and critical review of the manuscript. T. M. and A. A. M. acquired funding for and oversaw the implementation of the MDIG trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh. All authors have read and approved of the final version of this manuscript.The authors declare no conflicts of interest.