Helminth Colonization Is Associated with Increased Diversity of the Gut Microbiota

• Main Authors: Lee, S.C., Tang, M.S., Lim, Y.A.L., Choy, S.H., Kurtz, Z.D., Cox, L.M., Gundra, U.M., Cho, I., Bonneau, R., Blaser, M.J., Chua, K.H., Loke, P.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12085/; http://www.plosntds.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002880&representation=PDF; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002880

Soil-transmitted helminths colonize more than 1.5 billion people worldwide, yet little is known about how they interact with bacterial communities in the gut microbiota. Differences in the gut microbiota between individuals living in developed and developing countries may be partly due to the presen...