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Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations from an African workshop Reid, Gregor S. D.; Nduti, Nicholas; Sybesma, Wilbert; Kort, Remco; Kollmann, Tobias R.; Adam, Rod; Boga, Hamadi; Brown, Eric M.; Einerhand, Alexandra; El-Nezami, Hani; Gloor, Gregory B.; Kavere, Irene I.; Lindahl, Johanna; Manges, Amee R.; Mamo, Wondu; Martin, Rocio; McMillan, Amy; Obiero, Jael; Ochieng’, Pamela A.; Onyango, Arnold; Rulisa, Stephen; Salminen, Eeva; Salminen, Seppo; Sije, Antony; Swann, Jonathan R.; van Treuren, William; Waweru, Daniel; Kemp, Steve J.

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Abstract To augment capacity-building for microbiome and probiotic research in Africa, a workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, at which researchers discussed human, animal, insect, and agricultural microbiome and probiotics/prebiotics topics. Five recommendations were made to promote future basic and translational research that benefits Africans.

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Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations from an African workshop
Creator
Reid, Gregor S. D.; Nduti, Nicholas; Sybesma, Wilbert; Kort, Remco; Kollmann, Tobias R.; Adam, Rod; Boga, Hamadi; Brown, Eric M.; Einerhand, Alexandra; El-Nezami, Hani; Gloor, Gregory B.; Kavere, Irene I.; Lindahl, Johanna; Manges, Amee R.; Mamo, Wondu; Martin, Rocio; McMillan, Amy; Obiero, Jael; Ochieng’, Pamela A.; Onyango, Arnold; Rulisa, Stephen; Salminen, Eeva; Salminen, Seppo; Sije, Antony; Swann, Jonathan R.; van Treuren, William; Waweru, Daniel; Kemp, Steve J.
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Michael Smith Laboratories
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2014-04-16
Description
Abstract To augment capacity-building for microbiome and probiotic research in Africa, a workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, at which researchers discussed human, animal, insect, and agricultural microbiome and probiotics/prebiotics topics. Five recommendations were made to promote future basic and translational research that benefits Africans.
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Article
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Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2015-12-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0221327
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55825
Affiliation
Medicine, Department of; Microbiology and Immunology, Department of; Pediatrics, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of; Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of
Citation
Microbiome. 2014 Apr 16;2(1):12
Publisher DOI
10.1186/2049-2618-2-12
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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Reid et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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