Cohort Profile: The LoewenKIDS Study - life-course perspective on infections, the microbiome and the development of the immune system in early childhood

Affiliations

• ¹ Institut of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
• ² Research Group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods.
• ³ Department Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
• ⁴ Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Paediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
• ⁶ Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany.
• ⁷ Research Group Microbial Interactions and Processes, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
• ⁸ Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, University Hospital Jena, Germany.
• ⁹ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Department of Gynecology, Gyneoncology and Senology, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany.
• ¹¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Community Hospital Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
• ¹² Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Braunschweig, Germany.
• ¹³ Section for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany.
• ¹⁴ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Dritter Orden, Munich-Nymphenburg, Germany.
• ¹⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Diaconical Hospital DIAKO Ev., Bremen, Germany.
• ¹⁶ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital St. Joseph Stift Bremen, Germany.
• ¹⁷ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Braunschweig, Germany.
• ¹⁸ Department of Neonatology, Children and Youth Hospital AUF DER BULT, Hanover, Germany.
• ¹⁹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital St. Elisabeth und St. Barbara, Halle (Saale), Germany.
• ²⁰ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Links der Weser, Bremen, Germany.
• ²¹ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Bremen-Nord, Bremen, Germany.
• ²² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Wolfsburg, Germany.
• ²³ Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, DIAKOVERE Henriettenstift Hanover, Germany.
• ²⁴ University Clinic and Outpatient Clinic for Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Halle (Saale), Germany.
• ²⁵ Department of Obstetrics, Dr. Geisenhofer Women's Clinic, Munich, Germany.
• ²⁶ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.