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It has been established that gut bacterial diversity rapidly increases after birth yet declines during old age; however, little is known about the role of viral predation at these critical stages of life. This study will perform Virome comparison of infants and elderly to determine if an age delineated virome exists and to determine if birth mode has an effect on the virome.

已有研究证实，肠道细菌多样性在出生后迅速升高，而在老年阶段则逐渐降低；然而目前学界对这两个生命关键阶段中的病毒捕食作用仍知之甚少。本研究将对婴儿与老年人的病毒组（Virome）开展比较分析，旨在明确是否存在年龄特异性病毒组，并探究分娩方式是否会对病毒组造成影响。