Microbiota that affect risk for shigellosis in children in low-income countries

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Acknowledgements We thank Carol Tackett for her consultation on clinical terminology and readability. B.L., J.P.N., and O.C.S. developed the hypotheses; M.M.L., K.K., and J.P.N. led the Global Enteric Multicenter Study; B.L., J.O., M.A.H., M.A., B.T., R.O., A.S.G.F., S.K.D., U.N.I., M.A., D. Sanogo, D. Saha, S.S., T.H.F., D.N., and S.P. collected data and developed and maintain databases; A.W.W., J.N.P., J.P., M.P., and O.C.S. developed and performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing, assembly, and taxonomic identification; S.L., B.L., and S.P. performed laboratory protocols; and B.L., L.S.M., L.H., and H.S. performed analyses.Peer reviewe