Worm burden-dependent disruption of the porcine colon microbiota by Trichuris suis infection.

Helminth infection in pigs serves as an excellent model for the study of the interaction between human malnutrition and parasitic infection and could have important implications in human health. We had observed that pigs infected with Trichuris suis for 21 days showed significant changes in the prox...

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Main Authors: Sitao Wu, Robert W Li, Weizhong Li, Ethiopia Beshah, Harry D Dawson, Joseph F Urban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3332011?pdf=render

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