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Genetic risk factors for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome following a waterborne outbreak of gastroenteritis.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2010
Villani Alexandra-Chloé, Lemire Mathieu, Thabane Marroon, Belisle Alexandre, Geneau Geneviève, Garg Amit X, Clark William F, Moayyedi Paul, Collins Stephen M, Franchimont Denis, Marshall John K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Acute gastroenteritis is the strongest risk factor for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In May 2000, >2300 residents of Walkerton, Ontario, developed gastroenteritis from microbial contamination of the municipal water supply; a longitudinal study found that >36.2% of these developed IBS. We used this cohort to study genetic susceptibility to post-infectious (PI)-IBS. METHODS: We screened 79...
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