Six-month follow-up of gut microbiota richness in patients with COVID-19

Yanfei Chen, Silan Gu, Yunbo Chen, Haifeng Lu, Ding Shi, Jing Guo, Wen-Rui Wu, Ya Yang, Yongtao Li, Kai-Jin Xu, Cheng Ding, Rui Luo, Chenjie Huang, Ling Yu, Min Xu, Ping Yi, Jun Liu, Jing-Jing Tao, Hua Zhang, Longxian Lv, Baohong Wang, Jifang Sheng, Lanjuan Li, Yanfei Chen, Silan Gu, Yunbo Chen, Haifeng Lu, Ding Shi, Jing Guo, Wen-Rui Wu, Ya Yang, Yongtao Li, Kai-Jin Xu, Cheng Ding, Rui Luo, Chenjie Huang, Ling Yu, Min Xu, Ping Yi, Jun Liu, Jing-Jing Tao, Hua Zhang, Longxian Lv, Baohong Wang, Jifang Sheng, Lanjuan Li

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Keywords: COVID-19; intestinal microbiology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Changes of faecal microbial communities in different stages (acute, convalescence, postconvalescence) of patients with COVID-19 (n=30), compared with uninfected controls (n=30). (A) α-Diversity, illustrated by microbiota richness (Chao 1 index), was reduced in COVID-19 (p

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