Fecal-Oral Transmission of Membrane-Bound Vesicles (IMAGE)

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Fecal-Oral Transmission of Membrane-Bound Vesicles

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This is an illustration showing fecal-oral transmission of membrane-bound vesicles containing clusters of rotavirus and norovirus. Vesicles produced in the gut of infected individual are shed into stool before being spread to other individuals, where they can cause severe gastrointestinal illnesses.

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