Infant gut microbiota and the hygiene hypothesis of allergic disease: impact of household pets and siblings on microbiota composition and diversity

BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have demonstrated that early-life exposure to pets or siblings affords protection against allergic disease; these associations are commonly attributed to the “hygiene hypothesis”. Recently, low diversity of the infant gut microbiota has also been linked to allergic disea...

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Autores principales: Azad, Meghan B, Konya, Theodore, Maughan, Heather, Guttman, David S, Field, Catherine J, Sears, Malcolm R, Becker, Allan B, Scott, James A, Kozyrskyj, Anita L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1710-1492-9-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23607879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1710-1492-9-15

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