The microbiome of the human lower airways: a next generation sequencing perspective

For a long time, the human lower airways were considered a sterile environment where the presence of microorganisms, typically revealed by culturing, was interpreted as an abnormal health state. More recently, high-throughput sequencing-based studies have led to a shift in this perception towards th...

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Main Authors: Velma T.E. Aho, Pedro A.B. Pereira, Tari Haahtela, Ruby Pawankar, Petri Auvinen, Kaisa Koskinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119302200