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The lost microbes of COVID-19: Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium depletion and decreased microbiome diversity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity
2021-09-06
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Objective</h4> The study objective was to compare gut microbiome diversity and composition in SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive patients whose symptoms ranged from asymptomatic to severe, versus PCR-negative exposed controls. <h4>Design</h4> Using a cross-sectional design, we performed shotgun next-generation sequencing (NGS) on stool samples to evaluate gut microbiome compo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 91d6ddd9-4541-5369-94d1-a6f3f366c00d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.09.02.21262832
