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. 2018 Jan 10;23(1):5-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.12.013.

Enteric Viruses Hitch a Ride on the Evolutionary Highway

Melissa K Jones  1 , Stephanie M Karst  2
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Enteric Viruses Hitch a Ride on the Evolutionary Highway

Melissa K Jones et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

RNA viruses can recombine their genetic material during co-infection. However, the in vivo frequency of co-infections is unclear. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Erickson et al. (2018) demonstrate that an enteric RNA virus concentrates itself through multi-virion binding to bacteria, thus increasing genetic recombination and virus adaptability.

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