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Transfer of Viral Communities between Human Individuals during Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
29 Mar 2016
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective treatment for refractoryClostridium difficileinfections. However, concerns persist about unwanted cotransfer of pathogenic microbes such as viruses. Here we studed FMT from a single healthy human donor to three pediatric ulcerative colitis patients, each of whom received a course of 22 to 30 FMT treatments. Viral particles were purified from...
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