Gut microbiota and Covid-19- possible link and implications

Highlights • Covid-19 disease show gastrointestinal symptoms in some patients hinting at a role of gut-lung axis.• Gut microbiota diversity and its role in immunity highlighted.• Possible role of gut microbiota in Covid-19 discussed.• Implications of gut dysbiosis in Covid-19 analysed.• Role of diet in strengthening the gut microbiota and in the context of Covid-19 discussed.• Suggestions on therapy and prophylaxis based on gut microbiota in Covid-19.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Virus Research

• Publication date

  2020-05-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198018PMID 32430279PMCID 7217790
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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