Open Access<p>Effect of <em>SARS-CoV-2</em> Infection on the Microbial Composition of Upper Airway</p>
Author(s) -
Zhenguo Wang,
Xiaojun Hu,
Zhonghe Li,
Changli Tu,
Yiming Wang,
Pengfei Pang,
Huitao Zhang,
Xiaobin Zheng,
Yingjian Liang,
Hong Shan,
Jing Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s259984
Subject(s) - airway , covid-19 , composition (language) , coronavirus , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , immunology , anesthesia , linguistics , philosophy , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Forty-four COVID-19 patients (severe/critical: N = 8, non-severe: N = 36) were examined by next generation sequencing (NGS) of nasopharyngeal test paper to observe the effect of novel coronavirus infection to the microbial composition in upper airway.