Altered Oral Viral Ecology in Association with Periodontal Disease

The human oral cavity is home to a large and diverse community of viruses that have yet to be characterized in patients with periodontal disease. We recruited and sampled saliva and oral biofilm from a cohort of humans either periodontally healthy or with mild or significant periodontal disease to d...

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Published in:	mBio Vol. 5; no. 3; p. e01133
Main Authors:	Ly, Melissa, Abeles, Shira R., Boehm, Tobias K., Robles-Sikisaka, Refugio, Naidu, Mayuri, Santiago-Rodriguez, Tasha, Pride, David T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Society for Microbiology 01.07.2014 American Society of Microbiology
Subjects:	Adult Aged bacteria Bacteria - classification Bacteria - genetics bacterial communities bacteriophages Biodiversity biofilm Biofilms Biogeography Comorbidity Cytomegalovirus Dental plaque Diabetes Ecology ecosystems Epstein-Barr virus Female Females Gingiva Gum disease health status Herpes viruses hosts Human subjects Humans Inflammation Male Metagenome microbiome Microbiomes Microbiota Middle Aged mouth Mouth - microbiology Mouth - virology Oral cavity Pathogens patients Periodontal diseases Periodontal Diseases - diagnosis Periodontal Diseases - virology Periodontitis Phages predators ribosomal RNA Risk Factors RNA, Ribosomal, 16S RNA, Viral rRNA 16S Saliva Saliva - virology Viruses Viruses - classification Viruses - genetics Viruses - isolation & purification White people United States > US
ISSN:	2161-2129, 2150-7511, 2150-7511
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