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Genome-Wide Association Study of Cryptosporidiosis in Infants Implicates PRKCA.
mBio - 4 Feb 2020
Wojcik Genevieve L, Korpe Poonum, Marie Chelsea, Mentzer Alexander J, Carstensen Tommy, Mychaleckyj Josyf, Kirkpatrick Beth D, Rich Stephen S, Concannon Patrick, Faruque A S G, Haque Rashidul, Petri William A, Duggal Priya
Abstract excerpt
Diarrhea is a major cause of both morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially among young children. Cryptosporidiosis is a leading cause of diarrhea in children, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where it is responsible for over 200,000 deaths per year. Beyond the initial clinical presentation of diarrhea, it is associated with long-term sequelae such as malnutrition and neurocognitive...
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