title: Asthma Prevention: Right Bugs, Right Time?
abstract: Asthma is an increasingly prevalent chronic respiratory disease particularly affecting children. Microbial colonization during early life has emerged as a central factor influencing asthma susceptibility. A recently published prospective study links the reduction in relative abundance of 4 bacterial genera at 3 months of age to the development of asthma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Department of Biology and Medicine, CHUV-UNIL, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pattaroni
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Department of Biology and Medicine, CHUV-UNIL, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland. Electronic address: benjamin.marsland@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Marsland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000382:microbiology*; D000068536:Bacillota / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D064307:Microbiota; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism