US immigration is associated with rapid and persistent acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut [journal]
Journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases - July 11, 2020
Authors
Quentin Le Bastard, Pajau Vangay, Eric Batard, Dan Knights (professor), Emmanuel Montassier
Abstract
Little is known about the effect of human migration on gut microbiome antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) carriage. Using deep shotgun stool metagenomics analysis, we found a rapid increase in gut microbiome ARG richness and abundance in women from 2 independent ethnic groups relocating from Thailand to the United States.
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Keywords
bioinformatics, computational biology