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Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome

  • Written by David Pride, Associate Director of Microbiology, University of California San Diego
Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your viromeEvery surface of our body -- inside and out -- is covered in microorganisms: bacteria, viruses, fungi and many other microscopic life forms.vrx/Shutterstock.com

If you think you don’t have viruses, think again.

It may be hard to fathom, but the human body is occupied by large collections of microorganisms, commonly referred to as our...

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