Changes in gut microbiome in only one subset of helminth-infected patients
Thursday, August 9, 2018 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Over the last decade, it's become clearer than ever that bacteria in the human gut-- collectively termed the microbiome--play a key role in health and disease. Now, researchers have shown that a subset of people with soil-transmitted helminth infections have changes to their microbiome when treated for the infection.