Cohort profile: Infant Gut Bacterial Study in Nigeria (INBUGS-NG)
Shotgun long-read metagenomic sequencing (Oxford Nanopore) will enable strain-level and plasmid-level profiling of microbial communities and ARGs. Planned analyses include associations between early-life exposures and resistome dynamics, as well as cross-cohort comparisons with a parallel study in Pakistan. Follow-up will continue through 12 months.
Authors
- Aditya Kumar Lankapalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9921-680X)
- Laura de Nies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6483-7489)
- Kathryn Thomson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-3390)
- Mathew Stracy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5685-0352)
- Kirsty Sands (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5049-4481)
- Chioma Achi
- Aliyu Aminu
- Timothy R. Walsh
- Jared Oduwo
- Rashida Yakubu
- Hafsat Ahmed
- Chinenye Pascaline Akpulu
- Hafsat Maikudi Sada
- Hassana B Idris
- Edward Owinoh
Institutions
- Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- National Hospital Abuja (NG)
- Science Oxford (GB)
- Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (NG)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111007
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Oxford