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Assessment of the Human Placental Microbiome in Early Pregnancy
2022-07-05
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria derived from the maternal circulation have been suggested to seed the human placenta during development leading to an intrinsic placental microbiome. This concept has become controversial as numerous studies suggest that the apparent placental microbiome is mostly, if not completely, comprised of contaminants. If the maternal circulation seeds the placenta then there should be an increase in abundance and...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 750bae06-e65f-5af6-9a4c-09ed60810d63
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.07.04.498741
