Pregnancy Microbiome (image)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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The human microbiome is dynamic during pregnancy, with shifts in strains, species and predicted functions at each colonized body site. Understanding its role in maternal health has important implications for fetal development and gestational outcome.

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CSHL Press

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