Neonatal faecal abundance of Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis is not associated with anthropometric outcomes up to 6 months of age in Bangladeshi infants.

2026/01/01 by Cole Heasley, Veselina Stefanova, Colin Funk +12 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Nursing · #Child Nutrition and Water Access #Gut microbiota and health #Infant Nutrition and Health #Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders #Probiotics and Fermented Foods

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/gmb.2026.10023

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/04/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

colonization is unlikely to improve growth in populations with postnatal faltering.

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