ArticleVirology journal2023
Comparison of gut viral communities in children under 5 years old and newborns.
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- Metagenomic Analysis of the Gastrointestinal Phageome and Incorporated Dysbiosis in Children with Persistent Diarrhea of Unknown Etiology in Vietnam.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role of Infant and Early Childhood Gut Virome in Immunity and the Triggering of Autoimmunity-A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The virome composition of respiratory tract changes in school-aged children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.Virology journal · 2025Article
- Gut microbiome in the first 1000 days and risk for childhood food allergy.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe gut virome of humans is mainly composed of bacteriophages and their role in shaping the gut microbiome and influencing human health is increasingly recognized. However, little is known about the dynamic changes of the gut virome in children and its role in growth and development. In this study, we collected fecal samples from newborns and children under 5 years old from the same area during the same time period to investigate the gut viral community using viral metagenomic technique.
methodsWe used viral metagenomics to compare the gut bacteriophage composition between newborns and children under 5 years of age. We collected fecal samples from 45 newborns who were born at the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University and 45 healthy children who were examined at the same hospital. The two groups were classified as the newborn group and the children group.
resultsOur sequencing analysis showed that the number of seqeunce reads of the children group were more than that of the newborn group. The results of alpha diversity and beta diversity both indicated that the diversity of the children group was significantly higher than that of the newborn group and the children group is different from the newborn group. The abundance of gut virome in the children group was also higher than that in the newborn group. The analysis of the genetic characteristics of the viruses showed that the phage genome was scattered and clustered with specificity.
conclusionOur findings indicate that the gut bacteriophage communities undergo changes over time, presenting diversity and dynamic characteristics. We characterized the composition of gut virome in children and newborns in this region. However, further research is needed to investigate the function of bacteriophages in the ecology of the gastrointestinal tract.
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