Colonisation of the gut by bifidobacteria is much more common in vaginal deliveries than Caesarean sections
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Sarka Musilova
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorVera Bunesova
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorJiri Nevoral
Department of Paediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague 5, Czech Republic
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Sarka Musilova
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Sarka Musilova, Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, Prague 6, 165 21, Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 224 382 761 |
Fax: +420 224 382 760 |
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorVojtech Rada
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorEva Vlkova
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorVera Bunesova
Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Search for more papers by this authorJiri Nevoral
Department of Paediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague 5, Czech Republic
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