Associations between dog keeping and indoor dust microbiota

Abstract Living with dogs appears to protect against allergic diseases and airway infections, an effect possibly linked with immunomodulation by microbial exposures associated with dogs. The aim of this study was to characterize the influence of dog ownership on house dust microbiota composition. Th...

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Main Authors: Jenni M. Mäki, Pirkka V. Kirjavainen, Martin Täubel, Eija Piippo-Savolainen, Katri Backman, Anne Hyvärinen, Pauli Tuoresmäki, Balamuralikrishna Jayaprakash, Joachim Heinrich, Gunda Herberth, Marie Standl, Juha Pekkanen, Anne M. Karvonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84790-w