The Social Distancing Imposed To Contain COVID-19 Can Affect Our Microbiome: a Double-Edged Sword in Human Health

The Social Distancing Imposed To Contain COVID-19 Can Affect Our Microbiome: a Double-Edged Sword in Human Health

ABSTRACT Hygienic measures imposed to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and contain COVID-19 have proven effective in controlling the pandemic. In this article, we argue that these measures could impact the human microbiome in two different and dispar...

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Main Authors: Célia P. F. Domingues, João S. Rebelo, Francisco Dionisio, Ana Botelho, Teresa Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
microbiome
COVID-19
social distancing
person-to-person transmission
dysbiosis
bacterial diversity
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00716-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00716-20

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