NIAID-funded researchers gave volunteers antibiotics to kill the microbes in their guts, then observed their responses to flu vaccination.

Friday, September 6, 2019 Disrupting the Gut Microbiome May Affect Some Immune Responses to Flu Vaccination The human gut microbiome is a flourishing ecosystem, and NIAID-supported researchers have found that it may influence how the immune system responds to seasonal influenza vaccines. In a new study in Cell, the researchers observed that in people who had low levels of immunity to the types of influenza in the seasonal influenza vaccine, taking antibiotics to kill gut microbes also influenced their immune response to one of the types of influenza in the vaccine. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107