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SUBMITTER: Azad MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3655107 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Azad Meghan B MB Konya Theodore T Maughan Heather H Guttman David S DS Field Catherine J CJ Sears Malcolm R MR Becker Allan B AB Scott James A JA Kozyrskyj Anita L AL
Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 20130422 1
<h4>Background</h4>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 disease. In this study, we characterize the infant gut microbiota in relation to pets and siblings.<h4>Methods</h4>The study population comprised a small sub-sample of 24 healthy, full term infants ...[more]