A recent study from researchers at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute recently identified that rotavirus, one of the most common childhood viral infections, travel in clumps causing more severe infections than a solo virus. Typically associated with GI issues, such as vomiting and diarrhea, the researchers found that mice with these viruses shed the viruses in clusters in their feces. It was already known that the virus was shed in stool, but the vesicles add a new spin on our understanding.
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