Viral infection. The gut microbiota: friend or foe?

Comment

Rachel David. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2011.

. 2011 Nov 2;9(12):831.

doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2691.

Abstract

The gut microbiota can facilitate viral infection and transmission.

Successful transmission of a retrovirus depends on the commensal microbiota.
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