Transfer of Viral Communities between Human Individuals during Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective treatment for refractory Clostridium difficile infections. 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 colit...

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Main Authors: Christel Chehoud, Anatoly Dryga, Young Hwang, Dorottya Nagy-Szakal, Emily B. Hollister, Ruth Ann Luna, James Versalovic, Richard Kellermayer, Frederic D. Bushman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e00322-16