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ArticleFrontiers in oral health2022

Microbial characteristics of dental caries in HIV positive individuals.

Dunstan Kalanzi, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Damalie Nakanjako, Fred Semitala, Gerald Mboowa, Muhammad Mbabali, Edgar Kigozi, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Ivan Sserwadda, David P Kateete and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in oral health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dunstan KalanziDepartment of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Harriet Mayanja-KizzaDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Damalie NakanjakoDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Fred SemitalaDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Gerald MboowaDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Muhammad MbabaliDepartment of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Edgar KigoziDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Fred Ashaba KatabaziDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Ivan SserwaddaDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
David P KateeteDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Beatrice AchanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Nelson K SewankamboDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.
Adrian MuwongeDivision of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Makerere University · UGEdinburgh Genomics · GB

Funding

NURTURE:Research Training and Mentoring Program for Career Development of Faculty at Makerere University College of Health SciencesD43TW010132 · FIC · MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SEWANKAMBO, NELSON K · 2015 to 2019
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FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010132Medical Research Council MR/V034952/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that affects many people. Even though microorganisms play a crucial role in causing dental caries, diagnosis is routinely macroscopic. In order to improve early detection especially in HIV patients who are disproportionately affected, there is need to reconcile the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of dental caries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize the oral microbiota profile along the decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index using amplicon sequencing data. Methods: Amplicon sequencing of the V6-V8 region of the Results: We characterized the oral microbiota into 2,093 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), 21 phyla and 239 genera from 2.6 million high quality sequence reads. While oral microbiota did not cluster participants into distinct groups that track with the DMFT index, we observed the following: (a) The proportion of accessory microbiota was highest in the high DMFT category while the core size (∼50% of richness) remained relatively stable across all categories. (b) The abundance of core genera such as Conclusions: Although oral microbial shifts along the DMFT index were not distinct, we demonstrated the potential utility of microbiota dynamics to characterize oral disease. Therefore, we propose a microbial framework using the DMFT index to better understand dental caries among HIV positive people in resource limited settings.

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dental cariesDMFT indexhuman immunodeficiency virusmicrobial co-occurrence networksoral microbiota

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