Daijiworld Media Network – Zambia

Zambia, Nov 15: A groundbreaking study from Zambia has shed new light on one of the deadliest threats to infants in low-resource regions—fatal acute febrile illness (fAFI). Researchers have identified distinct nasopharyngeal microbiome patterns in newborns that could help predict which infants are most vulnerable to life-threatening infections.

The longitudinal study tracked infants from 1 to 14 weeks of age, analysing nasopharyngeal samples to understand how early microbial communities develop. The investigation examined 26 samples from nine infants who later succumbed to fAFI and compared them with samples from ten healthy infants.

The results revealed a striking difference. Infants who later developed the fatal illness had significantly lower microb

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