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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2023

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Yingzhi Liu, Matthew T V Chan, Francis K L Chan, William K K Wu, Siew C Ng, Lin Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Microbiome and Long COVID-19: Current Evidence and Insights.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Yingzhi LiuMicrobiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Matthew T V ChanDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Francis K L ChanMicrobiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
William K K WuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Siew C NgMicrobiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lin ZhangMicrobiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Emerging preclinical and clinical studies suggest that altered gut microbiome composition and functions are associated with coronavirus 2019 (COVID- 19) severity and its long-term complications. We hypothesize that COVID-19 outcome is associated with gut microbiome status in population-based settings. Methods: Gut metagenomic data of the adult population consisting of 2871 subjects from 16 countries were obtained from ExperimentHub through R, while the dynamic death data of COVID-19 patients between January 22, 2020 and December 8, 2020 in each country was acquired from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. An adjusted stable mortality rate (SMR) was used to represent these countries' mortality and correlated with the mean relative abundance (mRA) of healthy adult gut microbiome species. Results: After excluding bacterial species with low prevalence (prevalence <0.2 in the included countries), the β-diversity was significantly higher in the countries with high SMR when compared with those with median or low SMR (p <0.001). We then identified the mRA of two butyrate producers, Conclusion: Population-based microbiome signatures with the stable mortality rate of COVID-19 in different countries suggest that altered gut microbiome composition and functions are associated with mortality of COVID-19.

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COVID-19Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdultButyratesEubacteriumHumansMetagenomeButyratesCOVID-19Eubacterium rectalegut microbiomemortalitypopulation based

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