Short report: Evidence for genetic susceptibility to developing early childhood diarrhea among Shantytown children living in Northeastern Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-896

  Pinkerton, Relana C ^a   Oriá, Reinaldo B ^b   Kent Jr , Jack W ^c   Kohli, Anita ^a   Abreu, Claudia ^b   Bushen, Oluma ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^a,b   Blangero, John ^c   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GIARDIA; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOUSING; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; PEDIGREE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

BRAZIL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 81155137296     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0159     Document Type: Article

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