An enteric virus can replace the beneficial function of commensal bacteria

Elisabeth Kernbauer, Yi Ding and Ken Cadwell ()
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Elisabeth Kernbauer: Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Yi Ding: New York Presbyterian Hospital
Ken Cadwell: Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine

Nature, 2014, vol. 516, issue 7529, 94-98

Abstract: Commensal bacteria are known to have an important role in keeping the host healthy, but the role of eukaryotic viruses has been unknown; now, persistent infection in mice with various strains of enteric norovirus is shown to provide similar host protection.

Date: 2014
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