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SIV Infection-Mediated Changes in Gastrointestinal Bacterial Microbiome and Virome Are Associated with Immunodeficiency and Prevented by Vaccination.
Cell host & microbe - 9 Mar 2016
Handley Scott A, Desai Chandni, Zhao Guoyan, Droit Lindsay, Monaco Cynthia L, Schroeder Andrew C, Nkolola Joseph P, Norman Megan E, Miller Andrew D, Wang David, Barouch Dan H, Virgin Herbert W
Abstract excerpt
AIDS caused by simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection is associated with gastrointestinal disease, systemic immune activation, and, in cross-sectional studies, changes in the enteric virome. Here we performed a longitudinal study of a vaccine cohort to define the natural history of changes in the fecal metagenome in SIV-infected monkeys. Matched rhesus macaques were either uninfected or intrarectally...
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