The human microbiome and COVID-19: A systematic review

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 6; p. e0253293
• Main Authors: Yamamoto, Shinya, Saito, Makoto, Tamura, Azumi, Prawisuda, Diki, Mizutani, Taketoshi, Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.06.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Bacterial infections; Biology and Life Sciences; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; Bronchus; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - microbiology; Cytokines; Dysbacteriosis; Dysbiosis - microbiology; Dysbiosis - virology; Ethnicity; Fatty acids; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Health aspects; Humans; Immune response; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Literature reviews; Lungs; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Microorganisms; Nasopharynx - microbiology; Opportunist infection; Pandemics; Pathogenesis; Pathogens; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory tract; Searching; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Supervision; Symbiosis; Systematic review; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Viral diseases; Japan

Human microbiotas are communities of microorganisms living in symbiosis with humans. They play an important role in the host immune response to respiratory viral infection. However, evidence on the human microbiome and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relationship is insufficient. The aim of this syst...