Amino-acid-enriched cereals ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are as effective as milk-based RUTF in recovering essential amino acid during the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: An individually randomized control trial in Malawi

• Wataru Sato,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-3515

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• Chie Furuta,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan

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• Keiko Matsunaga,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6950-7470

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• Paluku Bahwere,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Center for Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Clinical Research, School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-965X

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• Steve Collins,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland

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• Kate Sadler,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Peter Akomo,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland

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• Chrissy Banda,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland

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• Elizabeth Maganga,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Sylvester Kathumba,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Ministry of Health Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Hitoshi Murakami

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hitoshi_murakami@ajinomoto.com

  Affiliation Nutrition Improvement Department, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7880-7862

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