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infant gut microbiota predict future food allergy

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Gut microbiota present one month after birth are good predictors of egg white allergy later in childhood. Among the three enterotypes found in one month old infants. type 3, which was Bifidobacterium-dominant, was associated with the lowest risk of developing egg white allergy. The other two enterotypes were associated with a high risk.

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