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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2018

Human Gut Microbiota Predicts Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae Infection.

Firas S Midani, Ana A Weil, Fahima Chowdhury, Yasmin A Begum, Ashraful I Khan, Meti D Debela, Heather K Durand, Aspen T Reese, Sai N Nimmagadda, Justin D Silverman and 7 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Firas S MidaniProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Ana A WeilDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fahima ChowdhuryMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Yasmin A BegumMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Ashraful I KhanMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Meti D DebelaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Heather K DurandDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Aspen T ReeseDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Sai N NimmagaddaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Justin D SilvermanProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Crystal N EllisDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Edward T RyanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Stephen B CalderwoodDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jason B HarrisDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Firdausi QadriMucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka.
Lawrence A DavidProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Regina C LaRocqueDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Duke University · USHarvard University · USInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Ramnik J Xavier · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007171 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KONTOS, CHRISTOPHER D · 1985 to 2021
$31.2M
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMST32AI007061 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Marcia B Goldberg · 1985 to 2026
$12.1M
O-Specific Polysaccharide Responses and CholeraR37AI106878 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Edward T. Ryan · 2020 to 2026
$5.1M
Innate and early B cell responses to V. choleraeR01AI103055 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HARRIS, JASON B · 2014 to 2018
$3.9M
O-Specific Polysaccharide Responses and CholeraR01AI106878 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RYAN, EDWARD T. · 2014 to 2018
$3.7M
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Training ProgramT32GM071340 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MAGWENE, PAUL MITAARI · 2005 to 2020
$3.3M
The gut microbiome and susceptibility to Vibrio choleraeK08AI123494 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WEIL, ANA A · 2016 to 2020
$967k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI123494NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI103055NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI106878NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI106878NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007061NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007171NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM071340
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cholera is a public health problem worldwide, and the risk factors for infection are only partially understood. Methods: We prospectively studied household contacts of patients with cholera to compare those who were infected to those who were not. We constructed predictive machine learning models of susceptibility, using baseline gut microbiota data. We identified bacterial taxa associated with susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae infection and tested these taxa for interactions with V. cholerae in vitro. Results: We found that machine learning models based on gut microbiota, as well as models based on known clinical and epidemiological risk factors, predicted V. cholerae infection. A predictive gut microbiota of roughly 100 bacterial taxa discriminated between contacts who developed infection and those who did not. Susceptibility to cholera was associated with depleted levels of microbes from the phylum Bacteroidetes. By contrast, a microbe associated with cholera by our modeling framework, Paracoccus aminovorans, promoted the in vitro growth of V. cholerae. Gut microbiota structure, clinical outcome, and age were also linked. Conclusion: These findings support the hypothesis that abnormal gut microbial communities are a host factor related to V. cholerae susceptibility.

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Disease SusceptibilityGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolCholeraComputer SimulationEpidemiologic MethodsFamily CharacteristicsFamily HealthFemaleHumansMachine LearningMale

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PMID29659916
PMCPMC6047457
OpenAlexW2804265115

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