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Characterization of the gut microbiota of Nicaraguan children in a water insecure context.

Barbara A PiperataSeungjun LeeAlba C Mayta ApazaAdelaide CarySamuel VilchezPallavi OrugantiRebecca GarabedWarren M WilsonJiyoung Lee
Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)
Results indicate that research exploring the ways water insecurity affects human biology should consider the gut microbiome and that investigations of inter-population variation in the gut microbial community of children should consider pathogen exposure and infection.
Keyphrases
  • microbial community
  • young adults
  • endothelial cells
  • antibiotic resistance genes
  • candida albicans
  • pluripotent stem cells