The Neonatal Immune System: A Unique Host-Microbial Interface

• Main Author: Joseph M. Bliss (auth)
• Other Authors: James L. Wynn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Infection; Neonate; Candida; Sepsis; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Vaccine; Immunity; Microbiome
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Emerging from the protective environment of the uterus, the newborn is exposed to a myriad of microbes, and quickly establishes a complex microbiome that shapes the infant's biology in ways that are only now beginning to come to light. Among these exposures are a number of potential pathogens....