Early life home indoor bacterial and fungal microbiota measured with amplicon sequencing and risk of asthma by the age of 10.5 years

Conclusions: Our results suggest that specific bacterial and fungal taxa in house dust may be associated with the development of asthma in children. Identified taxa need to be confirmed in other studies.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pekkanen, J., Täubel, M., Kirjavainen, P., Hyvärinen, A., Remes, S., Von Mutius, E., Karvonen, A. Tags: Paediatric respiratory epidemiology Source Type: research