Harnessing microbiome and probiotic research in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations from an African workshop
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Lawson Health Research Institute and Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, and Surgery, University of Western Ontario, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario N6A 4V2, CanadaMinistry of Agriculture, Waruhiu Agriculture training Center, P.O. Box 800, Githunguri, Kenya
Yoba for Life Foundation, Hunzestraat 133-A, 1079 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
TNO Microbiology and Systems Biology, Utrechtseweg 48, 3704 HE Zeist, and Molecular Cell Physiology, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, CFRI A5-147, 950 W28th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Taita Taveta University College, P.O. Box 635–80300, Voi, Kenya
Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Danone Nutricia Research, Uppsalalaan 12, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000, (00200) Nairobi, KenyaConsultative Group on International Agricultural Research, ILRI, Nairobi, KenyaSchool of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, CanadaDepartment of Animal Production, College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Debre Zeyte, EthiopiaDepartment of Reproductive Health/Biology, Institute of Primate Research, Karen, Nairobi, KenyaUniversity Teaching Hospital of Kigali, National University of Rwanda, Kigali, RwandaFunctional Foods Forum, The Medical School, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, FinlandDepartment of Oncology, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, FinlandDepartment of Food and Nutritional Sciences, School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP, United KingdomDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USAInternational Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Reid et al. Microbiome 2014, 2:12 http://www.microbiomejournal.com/content/2/1/12Journal
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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.EISSN
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