Background The clinical outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection vary in severity, potentially
influenced by the resident human microbiota. There is limited consensus on conserved …

Bacterial-viral interactions in saliva have been associated with morbidity and mortality for
respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV. However, such transkingdom …

Emerging evidence suggests the oral and upper respiratory microbiota may play important
roles in modulating host immune responses to viral infection. As the host microbiome may …

Background The human microbiome plays an important role in modulating the host
metabolism and immune system. Connections and interactions have been found between …

The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been
recently demonstrated in the sputum or saliva, suggesting how the shedding of viral RNA …

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing public health emergency has emphasized
the need to study SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. The human microbiome has been shown to …

Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected a
substantial portion of the world's population, and novel consequences of COVID-19 on the …

The human oral and gut commensal microbes play vital roles in the development and
maintenance of immune homeostasis, while its association with susceptibility and severity of …

Viral infections are known to modulate the upper respiratory tract microbiome, but few
studies have addressed differences in the nasopharyngeal microbiome following SARS …

The oral microbiome has been connected with lung health and may be of significance in the
progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 tests provide the …