ReviewFood science and biotechnology2021
Prophylactic effects of probiotics on respiratory viruses including COVID-19: a review.
Review in Food science and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the Therapeutic Landscape of Probiotics in Enteric and Respiratory Viral Infections.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Review
- A Narrative Review on the Advance of Probiotics to Metabiotics.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Overview of Dairy-based Products with Probiotics: Fermented or Non-fermented Milk Drink.Food science of animal resources · 2024Review
- Heat-Treated ParaprobioticJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Mucosal immunization with lactiplantibacillus plantarum-displaying recombinant SARS-CoV-2 epitopes on the surface induces humoral and mucosal immune responses in mice.Microbial cell factories · 2023Article
- Potential probiotics for regulation of the gut-lung axis to prevent or alleviate influenza in vulnerable populations.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2023Review
- In Silico Analysis of Bacteriocins from Lactic Acid Bacteria Against SARS-CoV-2.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2023Article
- Cell-Free Supernatant fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Applications of Probiotic-Based Multi-Components to Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health: Concepts, Methodologies, and Action Mechanisms.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Hacking Commensal Bacteria to Consolidate the Adaptive Mucosal Immune Response in the Gut-Lung Axis: Future Possibilities for SARS-CoV-2 Protection.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2022Review
- Application of Natural Preservatives for Meat and Meat Products against Food-Borne Pathogens and Spoilage Bacteria: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Interactions between the Gut Microbiome, Lung Conditions, and Coronary Heart Disease and How Probiotics Affect These.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets. The symptoms include dry cough, fever, and fatigue; however, high propagation, mutation, and fatality rates have been reported for SARS-CoV-2. This review investigates the structure of SARS-CoV-2, antiviral mechanisms, preventive strategies, and remedies against it. Effective vaccines have been developed by Pfizer (95% effective), AstraZeneca (90% effective), Moderna (94.5% effective) vaccine, among others. However, herd immunity is also required. Probiotics play a major role in the gut health, and some are known to have therapeutic potential against viral infections. Their modes of antiviral activities include direct interaction with targeted viruses, production of antiviral metabolites, and immunomodulatory effects on the host. Hence, probiotics can be a useful prophylactic against COVID-19, and more studies are required on the effects of probiotics against other viral infections that may occur in future.
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