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Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study

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  • Yaqub Wasan Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jo-Anna B Baxter Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carolyn Spiegel-Feld Program in Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kehkashan Begum Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Arjumand Rizvi Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Junaid Iqbal Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jessie Hulst Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert Bandsma Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shazeen Suleman Department of Pediatrics, and Global Health Faculty Fellow, Centre for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sajid Soofi Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Parkinson Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Biochemistry and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Global Health and Development and Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta; zulfiqar.bhutta{at}aku.edu
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Wasan Y, Baxter JB, Spiegel-Feld C, et al
Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study
BMJ Open 2024;14:e081629. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081629

Publication history

  • Received November 2, 2023
  • Accepted July 19, 2024
  • First published August 12, 2024.
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August 12, 2024
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