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Microbiome Changes in Travelers to Tropical Destinations

NCT02295254 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2017-10-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The human gut contain a wide range of microorganisms creating the gut microbiome. The microbiome has great impact on metabolic and immunologic processes and responses. Travelers who travel to tropical destinations where the intestinal infection risk is high are prone to microbiome changes. During the current study the travelers will give feces specimen before and after the travel and their microbiome will be analyzed.

Conditions

  • Intestinal Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

feces sample

The travelers will give feces sample before and after the travel. The sample microorganisms will be analyzed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weizmann Institute of Science

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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