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The gut microbiome but not the resistome is associated with urogenital schistosomiasis in preschool-aged children

Helminth parasites have been shown to have systemic effects in the host. Using shotgun metagenomic sequencing, we characterise the gut microbiome and resistome of 113 Zimbabwean preschool-aged children (1–5 years). We test the hypothesis that infection with the human helminth parasite, Schistosoma h...

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Autores principales: Osakunor, Derick N. M., Munk, Patrick, Mduluza, Takafira, Petersen, Thomas N., Brinch, Christian, Ivens, Alasdair, Chimponda, Theresa, Amanfo, Seth A., Murray, Janice, Woolhouse, Mark E. J., Aarestrup, Frank M., Mutapi, Francisca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32242065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0859-7