Rabia Maqsood, LaRinda A Holland, Lily I Wu, Emily R Begnel, Judith Adhiambo, Prestone Owiti, Bhavna H Chohan, Soren Gantt, John Kinuthia, Dalton Wamalwa, Ednah Ojee, Barbra A Richardson, Jennifer Slyker, Dara A Lehman, Efrem S Lim
Microbiome perturbations can have long-term effects on health. The dynamics of the gut microbiome and virome in women living with HIV (WLHIV) and their newborn infants is poorly understood. Here, we performed metagenomic sequencing analyses on longitudinal stool samples including 23 mothers (13 WLHIV, 10 HIV-negative) and 12 infants that experienced SARS-CoV-2 infection with mild disease, as well as 40 mothers (18 WLHIV, 22 HIV-negative) and 60 infants that remained SARS-CoV-2 seronegative throughout the study follow-up...
April 17, 2024: Research Square