Gut flora composition and function may impact susceptibility to konzo, a neurological disease caused by world staple crop cassava (IMAGE)

Children's National Hospital

Gut flora composition and function may impact susceptibility to konzo, a neurological disease caused by world staple crop cassava

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From left to right: Dr. Matthew Bramble, Vincent Kambale, and Neerja Vashist Here, the team is processing samples in the field collected from the study cohort prior to storage in liquid nitrogen.

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Brambel et al. Children's National Hospital, Nature Communications (2021).

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