Dynamics of the Stool Virome in Very Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota is a well-known correlate of the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. However, few studies have examined the microbiome in very early-onset [VEO] IBD, which is defined as onset of IBD before 6 years of age. Here we focus on the viral portion of the microbiome-the virome-to assess possible viral associations with disease processes, reasoning that...

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