Complex virome in feces from Amerindian children in isolated Amazonian villages

Autor: Juliana D. Siqueira, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Monica Contreras, Orlana Lander, Hortensia Caballero-Arias, Deng Xutao, Oscar Noya-Alarcon, Eric Delwart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06502-9
Popis: The authors compare human fecal viromes from three isolated villages of the Amazon rain forest with those from city dwellers. They report that the diversity of human viruses is not reduced in isolated villages, suggesting frequent viral introductions or increased susceptibility to enteric infections.
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