BIRC6 modifies risk of invasive bacterial infection in Kenyan children

Invasive bacterial disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in African children. Despite being caused by diverse pathogens, children with sepsis are clinically indistinguishable from one another. In spite of this, most genetic susceptibility loci for invasive infection that have been disc...

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Main Authors: James J Gilchrist, Silvia N Kariuki, James A Watson, Gavin Band, Sophie Uyoga, Carolyne M Ndila, Neema Mturi, Salim Mwarumba, Shebe Mohammed, Moses Mosobo, Kaur Alasoo, Kirk A Rockett, Alexander J Mentzer, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Adrian VS Hill, Kathryn Maitland, J Anthony G Scott, Thomas N Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/77461