Gut instinct: rotavirus revealed

A new paradigm for an "unknown" childhood disease. Some strains of rotavirus find their way into the cells of the gastrointestinal tract by recognizing antigens associated with the type A blood group. This discovery based on X-ray crystallography could represent an entirely new paradigm in our understanding of how this gut pathogen infects people.

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