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Open Access
01-03-2014 | Meeting abstract
Impact of cesarean section delivery and breastfeeding on infant gut microbiota at one year of age
Authors:
Meghan B Azad, Theodore Konya, David S Guttman, Catherine J Field, Radha S Chari, Malcolm R Sears, Allan B Becker, James A Scott, Anita L Kozyrskyj, the CHILD Study Investigators
Published in:
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
The gut microbiota is essential to human health, playing central roles in host metabolism and immunity. In a pilot study, we previously demonstrated that mode of delivery and breastfeeding influence the infant gut microbiota at 4 months of age. Here, we examine the impact of these critical early-life exposures in a larger cohort at 12 months of age. …