UNC researchers: Gut microbiome may not always be protective against human pathogens

UNC School of Medicine researchers and colleagues created a germ-free mouse model to evaluate the role of the microbiome in the infection, replication, and pathogenesis of HIV and Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that can cause mononucleosis and other serious diseases.

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