Gut microbiota markers in early childhood are linked to farm living, pets in household and allergy (IMAGE)

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Gut microbiota markers in early childhood are linked to farm living, pets in household and allergy

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Children who grow up with pets or on farms may develop allergies at lower rates because their gut microbiome develops with more anaerobic commensals, per fecal analysis in small cohort study.

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sabina fratila, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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