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SUBMITTER: Dominguez-Bello MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5062956 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature medicine 20160201 3
Exposure of newborns to the maternal vaginal microbiota is interrupted with cesarean birthing. Babies delivered by cesarean section (C-section) acquire a microbiota that differs from that of vaginally delivered infants, and C-section delivery has been associated with increased risk for immune and metabolic disorders. Here we conducted a pilot study in which infants delivered by C-section were exposed to maternal vaginal fluids at birth. Similarly to vaginally delivered babies, the gut, oral and ...[more]