Exposure to household furry pets influences the gut microbiota of infant at 3–4 months following various birth scenarios

BACKGROUND: Early-life exposure to household pets has the capacity to reduce risk for overweight and allergic disease, especially following caesarean delivery. Since there is some evidence that pets also alter the gut microbial composition of infants, changes to the gut microbiome are putative pathw...

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Published in:Microbiome
Main Authors: Tun, Hein M., Konya, Theodore, Takaro, Tim K., Brook, Jeffrey R., Chari, Radha, Field, Catherine J., Guttman, David S., Becker, Allan B., Mandhane, Piush J., Turvey, Stuart E., Subbarao, Padmaja, Sears, Malcolm R., Scott, James A., Kozyrskyj, Anita L.
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382463/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28381231
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0254-x
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