Surveying Gut Microbiome Research in Africans: Toward Improved Diversity and Representation

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 824-835

  Brewster, Ryan ^a   Tamburini, Fiona B ^b   Asiimwe, Edgar ^a   Oduaran, Ovokeraye ^c   Hazelhurst, Scott ^c   Bhatt, Ami S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; global health; microbiome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DYSBIOSIS; HUMAN; HUNTER-GATHERER; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUNTING; WESTERN DIET; AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIET; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH;

AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIET; ECOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85066804491     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.05.006     Document Type: Review

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