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Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa

2025NatureJournalOpen access

10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8 Full text68 citations

Authors

25 authors across 11 institutions in 6 countries.

Dylan MaghiniFirst author
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
as printed: Dylan G. Maghini
Ovokeraye H. Oduaran
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Luicer A. Ingasia Olubayo
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Jane A. Cook
Natalie Smyth
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Theophilous Mathema
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Carl W. Belger

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Gut microbiota and healthlevel 3 · 1.00
Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchlevel 3 · 0.98
Probiotics and Fermented Foodslevel 3 · 0.92

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openalexseen September 8, 2026
2025 · Nature · 68 citations
https://openalex.org/W4406956834

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

University of Technology and Applied Sciences (GH)
Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)

Palwendé Romuald Boua

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (BF)

as printed: Palwendé R. Boua

University of Limpopo (ZA)

as printed: Solomon S. R. Choma

F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)

Isaac Kisiangani

African Population and Health Research Center (KE)

University of Limpopo (ZA)

as printed: Given R. Mashaba

Lisa Micklesfield

South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

African Population and Health Research Center (KE)

as printed: Shukri F. Mohamed

Engelbert A. Nonterah

Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)

Shane A. Norris

South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

as printed: Shane Norris

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (BF)

Stephen Tollman

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)

Floidy Wafawanaka

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)

Furahini Tluway

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

as printed: Michèle Ramsay

Ami S. BhattCorresponding

Scott HazelhurstSenior authorCorresponding

University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa · Sankore