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 Onyango

Stephen Rulisa, Eeva Salminen, Seppo Salminen, Antony Sije, Jonathan R. Swann, William van Treuren, Daniel Waweru, Steve J. Kemp

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Abstract

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 (US)
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
Externally published	Yes

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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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