TABLE 5.

The average number of copies of viral genome in the presence of the probiotics tested during the study (raw data expressed as DNA copies/5 × 10⁵ cells ± SEM) in the two experimental designs.

Probiotic	N. copies viral genome
	Pre-treatment	Competition
Rotavirus alone	4371 ± 660 × 103	4630 ± 720 × 103
L. reuteri DSM 17938	2198 ± 450 × 103*	531 ± 85 × 103*
L. reuteri LMG P-27481	1528 ± 390 × 103*	1012 ± 410 × 103*
L. rhamnosus ATCC 53103	627 ± 90 × 103*	421 ± 83 × 103*

*p < 0.05 versus Rotavirus alone.