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SUBMITTER: Xu R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Rong R Lu Renfei R Zhang Tao T Wu Qunfu Q Cai Weihua W Han Xudong X Wan Zhenzhou Z Jin Xia X Zhang Zhigang Z Zhang Chiyu C
Communications biology 20210218 1
SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of COVID-19. It infects multiple organs including the respiratory tract and gut. Dynamic changes of regional microbiomes in infected adults are largely unknown. Here, we performed longitudinal analyses of throat and anal swabs from 35 COVID-19 and 19 healthy adult controls, as well as 10 non-COVID-19 patients with other diseases, by 16 S rRNA gene sequencing. The results showed a partitioning of the patients into 3-4 categories based on microbial community types (I-IV) in ...[more]