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adjectiveenterotropic (not comparable)
- not comparableAttracted by, or affecting the intestine
The enterotropic virus is shed early during the course of infection in feces and evokes a significantly elevated antiviral cytokine response in intestines at 7 dpi when the viral replication was significantly decreased.
2015 December 12, “A Newly Emergent Turkey Arthritis Reovirus Shows Dominant Enteric Tropism and Induces Significantly Elevated Innate Antiviral and T Helper-1 Cytokine Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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enterotropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotropic
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“enterotropic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotropic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enterotropic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enterotropic.
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