Waves and variants of SARS-CoV-2: understanding the causes and effect of the COVID-19 catastrophe

V Thakur, S Bhola, P Thakur, SKS Patel, S Kulshrestha… - Infection, 2022 - Springer
The coronavirus disease-19 has left a permanent mark on the history of the human race.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA …

Gut and airway microbiota dysbiosis and their role in COVID-19 and long-COVID

G Ancona, L Alagna, C Alteri, E Palomba… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in human health and disease. Gut dysbiosis is known
to be associated with increased susceptibility to respiratory diseases and modifications in …

Alterations in the respiratory tract microbiome in COVID-19: current observations and potential significance

C Merenstein, FD Bushman, RG Collman - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 infection causes COVID-19 disease, which can result in consequences
ranging from undetectable to fatal, focusing attention on the modulators of outcomes. The …

Severe COVID-19 is associated with an altered upper respiratory tract microbiome

MH Shilts, C Rosas-Salazar, BA Strickland… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The upper respiratory tract (URT) is the portal of entry of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and SARS-CoV-2 likely interacts with …

Dysbiosis and structural disruption of the respiratory microbiota in COVID-19 patients with severe and fatal outcomes

A Hernández-Terán, F Mejía-Nepomuceno… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused over three million deaths worldwide. Understanding the
pathology of the disease and the factors that drive severe and fatal clinical outcomes is of …

[HTML][HTML] Oral dysbiosis and its linkage with SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Gupta, S Bhanushali, A Sanap, M Shekatkar… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The human oral cavity harbours complex microbial communities with various commensal
microorganisms that play pivotal roles in maintaining host health and immunity but can elicit …

Microbiota and COVID-19: Long-term and complex influencing factors

J Gang, H Wang, X Xue, S Zhang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). According to the World Health …

[HTML][HTML] Gastrointestinal microbiota: A predictor of COVID-19 severity?

MA Neag, DM Vulturar, D Gherman… - World Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, has raised serious concerns worldwide over the past 3 …

Antibody induction and immune response in nasal cavity by third dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination

A Ishizaka, M Koga, T Mizutani, R Uraki, S Yamayoshi… - Virology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background The mucosa serves as the first defence against pathogens and facilitates the
surveillance and elimination of symbiotic bacteria by mucosal immunity. Recently, the mRNA …

Saliva microbiome in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective cohort of healthy US adults

AJS Armstrong, DB Horton, T Andrews, P Greenberg… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
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 …