Successful Transmission of a Retrovirus Depends on the Commensal Microbiota

To establish chronic infections, viruses must develop strategies to evade the host’s immune responses. Many retroviruses, including mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), are transmitted most efficiently through mucosal surfaces rich in microbiota. We found that MMTV, when ingested by newborn mice, stimu...

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Main Authors: Kane, Melissa, Case, Laure K., Kopaskie, Karyl, Kozlova, Alena, MacDearmid, Cameron, Chervonsky, Alexander V., Golovkina, Tatyana V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519937/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998394
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1210718
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