The types of good bacteria which colonise our bodies at birth could influence how well vaccines work.
"The initial communication between the immune system and microbes is important," Prof Debby Bogaert, the chair of paediatric medicine at the University of Edinburgh, told me.
Notably all children did make antibodies after vaccination, so C-section babies are not unprotected. However, the researchers said the findings were particularly important for those with genetic disorders or who are born premature, as their immune systems are already not fully developed.There is often a medical need for C-sections to protect the health of mother or baby.
Prof Bogaert thinks giving a precise cocktail of beneficial bacteria - a probiotics - to C-section babies would be a "safer route". Alternatively C-section babies could be given an extra dose of vaccine.
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