One reason is that in the Andes it generally manifests itself as stunted growth.
Infected maize crops have wrinkled leaves, no cobs at all and generally stunted growth.
PALE and haggard faces, lank and bony figures... boys of stunted growth, and others whose long meagre legs would hardly bear their stooping bodies.
Zinc is a building block of the body and a deficiency in zinc can lead to stunted growth, diarrhea, impotence, hair loss, eye and skin lesions, impaired appetite, and depressed immunity.
