Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations from an African workshop

Gregor Reid; Nicholas Nduti; Wilbert Sybesma; Remco Kort; Tobias R. Kollmann; Rod Adam; Hamadi Boga; Eric M. Brown; Alexandra Einerhand; Hani El-Nezami; Gregory B. Gloor; Irene I. Kavere; Johanna Lindahl; Amee Manges; Wondu Mamo; Rocio Martin; Amy McMillan; Jael Obiero; Pamela A. Ochieng'; Arnold Onyango; Stephen Rulisa; Eeva Salminen; Seppo Salminen; Antony Sije; Jonathan R. Swann; William van Treuren; Daniel Waweru; Steve J. Kemp

doi:10.1186/2049-2618-2-12

Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations from an African workshop

Gregor Reid, Nicholas Nduti, Wilbert Sybesma, Remco Kort, Tobias R. Kollmann, Rod Adam, Hamadi Boga, Eric M. Brown, Alexandra Einerhand, Hani El-Nezami, Gregory B. Gloor, Irene I. Kavere, Johanna Lindahl, Amee Manges, Wondu Mamo, Rocio Martin, Amy McMillan, Jael Obiero, Pamela A. Ochieng', Arnold OnyangoStephen Rulisa, Eeva Salminen, Seppo Salminen, Antony Sije, Jonathan R. Swann, William van Treuren, Daniel Waweru, Steve J. Kemp

Medical College, East Africa

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To augment capacity-building for microbiome and probiotic research in Africa, a workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, at which researchers discussed human, animal, insect, and agricultural microbiome and probiotics/prebiotics topics. Five recommendations were made to promote future basic and translational research that benefits Africans.

Original language	English
Article number	12
Journal	Microbiome
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-2618-2-12
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2014

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Reid, G., Nduti, N., Sybesma, W., Kort, R., Kollmann, T. R., Adam, R., Boga, H., Brown, E. M., Einerhand, A., El-Nezami, H., Gloor, G. B., Kavere, I. I., Lindahl, J., Manges, A., Mamo, W., Martin, R., McMillan, A., Obiero, J., Ochieng', P. A., ... Kemp, S. J. (2014). Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations from an African workshop. Microbiome, 2(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/2049-2618-2-12

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