Table 3 Biospecimen type and testing plan
Sample type | Testing plan |
|---|---|
Maternal vaginal swab | Vaginal microbiome |
Maternal breast milk | sIgA, milk microbiome, metabolomics |
Infant/child blood | Innate immune cell function, Treg cell profile, plasma lipidomics, allergen-specific and total IgE, cryopreservation |
Infant/child nasal swab | Nasal microbiome, respiratory virus detection (surveillance) |
Infant/child nasal illness swab | Respiratory virus detection (illness) |
Child nasal brushinga | Transcriptomics |
Infant/child stool | Gastrointestinal microbiome |
Infant/child urine | Metabolomics |
Infant/child skin swab | Skin microbiome |
Infant/child saliva | Oral microbiome |
Household airborne and vacuum dust | Environmental microbiome (bacterial and fungal) |
Drinking water | Environmental microbiome |
Barn airborne dust | Environmental microbiome (bacterial and fungal) |
Farm milk | Microbiome, metabolomics |