Strain-Level Analysis of Mother-to-Child Bacterial Transmission during the First Few Months of Life

Bacterial community acquisition in the infant gut impacts immune education and disease susceptibility. We compared bacterial strains across and within families in a prospective birth cohort of 44 infants and their mothers, sampled longitudinally in the first months of each child's life. We iden...

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Main Authors: Yassour, Moran (Author), Jason, Eeva (Author), Hogstrom, Larson J. (Author), Arthur, Timothy D. (Author), Tripathi, Surya (Author), Siljander, Heli (Author), Selvenius, Jenni (Author), Oikarinen, Sami (Author), Hyöty, Heikki (Author), Virtanen, Suvi M. (Author), Ilonen, Jorma (Author), Ferretti, Pamela (Author), Pasolli, Edoardo (Author), Tett, Adrian (Author), Asnicar, Francesco (Author), Segata, Nicola (Author), Vlamakis, Hera (Author), Lander, Eric Steven (Author), Huttenhower, Curtis (Author), Knip, Mikael (Author), Xavier, Ramnik J. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-05-21T20:30:47Z.
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