Comparison of the nasopharynx microbiome between influenza and non‐influenza cases of severe acute respiratory infections: A pilot study

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Abstract Aims Influenza A virus (IAV) can cause severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), and disease outcome may be associated with changes in the microbiome of the nasopharynx. This is a pilot study to characterize the microbiome of the nasopharynx in patients hospitalized with SARI, infected and not infected by IAV. Methods and Results Using target sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we assessed the bacterial...

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