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Tobamoviruses can be frequently present in the oropharynx and gut of infants during their first year of life.
Scientific reports - 12 Aug 2020
Aguado-García Yarenci, Taboada Blanca, Morán Patricia, Rivera-Gutiérrez Xaira, Serrano-Vázquez Angélica, Iša Pavel, Rojas-Velázquez Liliana, Pérez-Juárez Horacio, López Susana, Torres Javier, Ximénez Cecilia, Arias Carlos F
Abstract excerpt
Plant viruses have been reported to be common in the gut of human adults, presumably as result of food ingestion. In this work, we report that plant viruses can also be found frequently in the gut and oropharynx of children during their first year of life, even when they are exclusively breast-fed. Fecal and oropharynx samples were collected monthly, from birth to 1 year of age, from three apparently healthy...
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