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Breastfeeding influences the neonatal virome

The first viruses to colonize the infant gut are shown to arise from bacteria, with human-cell viruses colonizing the gut later, at around four months of age. Exclusive and partial breastfeeding were associated with fewer human viruses in the gut of infants compared with formula-feeding alone.
  1. Frederic D. Bushman

    1. Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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  2. Guanxiang Liang

    1. Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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This is a summary of Liang, G. et al. The stepwise assembly of the neonatal virome is modulated by breastfeeding. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2192-1 (2020).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01112-w

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