Human milk microbial species are associated with infant head-circumference during early and late lactation in Guatemalan mother-infant dyads

Human milk contains abundant commensal bacteria that colonize and establish the infant’s gut microbiome but the association between the milk microbiome and head circumference during infancy has not been explored. For this cross-sectional study, head-circumference-for-age-z-scores (HCAZ) of vaginally...

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Main Authors: Tamara T. Ajeeb, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Noel W. Solomons, Kristine G. Koski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.908845/full