@article{64bbd2d8cb92484ebc5d0b4e2c3f3e3d,
title = "Reply Re: {"}amniotic fluid from healthy term pregnancies does not harbor a detectable microbial community{"}",
abstract = "How and when a newborn is first colonized by microbes continues to be of great interest due to its broad implications on human health and disease. Payne et al. express their opinion about our recent study in which we characterized the virome and bacterial microbiota of amniotic fluid from 24 uncomplicated term pregnancies. We conducted additional validation studies and respond to their comments. We conclude that in amniotic fluid from healthy term pregnancies, the bacterial microbiota is indistinguishable from contamination controls, and there is no evidence of a core virome.",
author = "Efrem Lim and Cynthia Rodriguez and Holtz, {Lori R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the Children's Discovery Institute (MD-FR-2013-292), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2017076), March of Dimes (BOC 388999), the Women and Infant Health Consortium program at Washington University which is supported in part by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences by the NIH/ National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), CTSA grant UL1TR000448, NIH grant R00 DK107923 and Arizona State University startup funding (ESL). Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the Children{\textquoteright}s Discovery Institute (MD-FR-2013-292), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2017076), March of Dimes (BOC 388999), the Women and Infant Health Consortium program at Washington University which is supported in part by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences by the NIH/ National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), CTSA grant UL1TR000448, NIH grant R00 DK107923 and Arizona State University startup funding (ESL). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 The Author(s).",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1186/s40168-019-0640-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
journal = "Microbiome",
issn = "2049-2618",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}