Could Microbiome Disruptions Explain HIV-Exposed Babies' Poor Health? (IMAGE)

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Could Microbiome Disruptions Explain HIV-Exposed Babies' Poor Health?

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A new study suggests that perturbations in the infant gut microbiome may explain the greater risk of morbidity and mortality in HIV-exposed, uninfected babies born to HIV-positive mothers. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 27, 2016, issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.M. Bender at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Maternal HIV infection influences the microbiome of HIV-uninfected infants."

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C. Bickel <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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