Global and local trajectories of infant gut microbiota development in Bangladesh across the COVID-19 pandemic
Maria Ioanna Papadaki, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva, Raul Yhossef Tito, Leen Rymenans, Jill Swinnen, Lila Close, Jara Wagemans, Shafina Jahan, Muntasir Alam, Kamrun Nahar, Mustafizur Rahman, Jeroen Raes, Jelle Matthijnssens · 2026
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Maria Ioanna Papadaki and co-authors trace infant gut microbe growth in Bangladesh across the pandemic in 2026, using team framing for a long author list. Early gut settling shapes lifelong health, yet data outside rich nations are scarce. Twenty healthy urban infants gave near one thousand samples over two years. Growth followed a three stage pattern of rising diversity.
That pattern closely matched Western cohorts. Core microbes still differed by place, with one group marking the Bangladeshi infants. Its high levels oddly linked to illness in this cohort. Illness spells briefly knocked growth off course. Pandemic years shifted several key microbe shares. The authors urge care for local and social factors in early gut science.
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| CREATOR | Maria Ioanna Papadaki, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva, Raul Yhossef Tito, Leen Rymenans, Jill Swinnen, Lila Close, Jara Wagemans, Shafina Jahan, Muntasir Alam, Kamrun Nahar, Mustafizur Rahman, Jeroen Raes, Jelle Matthijnssens |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |