Early gut colonization by Bifidobacterium breve and B. catenulatum differentially modulates eczema risk in children at high risk of developing allergic disease

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Funding Acknowledgements

The studies were funded by grants from the Jack Brockhoff Foundation, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation. Intan Hakimah Ismail was supported by a scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, and Universiti Putra Malaysia. Robert Boyle was supported by a University of Melbourne Baillieu Scholarship, a Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Postgraduate Scholarship and a National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre. Paul V Licciardi is a recipient of an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. LGG and placebo capsules were manufactured and supplied by Dicofarm ltd (Roma, Italy).