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Gut Flora and Autism Introduction Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the category of which autism falls under. ASD describes a range of neural development disorders which normally manifests in children before 18 months of age but late onset can occur after 18 months?[1,2]. There are?different degrees of ASD?with varying symptoms among individuals. It is usually characterized by difficulties in social interaction, repetitive behaviour and delays in understanding language?[2]. The etiology of autism is unknown. However, autistic children have been reported to suffer from