Birth Mode Does Not Determine the Presence of Shared Bacterial Strains between the Maternal Vaginal Microbiome and the Infant Stool Microbiome

ABSTRACT Dysbiosis of the neonatal gut microbiome during early life has been suggested as the missing link that may explain higher rates of certain diseases in caesarean section-delivered infants. Many studies report delivery mode-related dysbiosis in infants due to a lack of maternal vaginal microb...

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Main Authors: Scott J. Dos Santos, Ishika Shukla, Janet E. Hill, Deborah M. Money
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00614-23