Open AccessDo an Altered Gut Microbiota and an Associated Leaky Gut Affect COVID-19 Severity?
Author(s) -
Heenam Stanley Kim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.562
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.03022-20
Subject(s) - gut flora , covid-19 , disease , coronavirus , pandemic , medicine , immunology , obesity , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been declared a pandemic, has exhibited a wide range of severity worldwide. Although this global variation is largely affected by socio-medical situations in each country, there is also high individual-level variation attributable to elderliness and certain underlying medical conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity.