Publication

Data from mother-child pairs (n=58 infants that developed food allergy, and n=258 controls) found that maternal carriage of P. copri during pregnancy was associated with marked protection against food allergy in the offspring at 1 year of age.

Maternal carriage of Prevotella during pregnancy associates with protection against food allergy in the offspring. Vuillermin PJ, et al. Nat Commun. 2020 Mar 24;11(1):1452.

Barwon Infant Study

Prevatex was founded on discoveries from the Barwon Infant Study (BIS), a major birth cohort study that is conducted by the Child Health Research Unit (CHRU) at Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, in collaboration with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Deakin University. Please click here to find more information on BIS