Abstract:Background: The mortality of COVID-19 disease is very high among males or elderly or individuals having comorbidities with obesity, cardiovascular diseases, lung infections, hypertension, and/or diabetes. Our study characterizes the metagenomic feature of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients with or without type 2 diabetes to identify the microbial interactions associated with its fatal consequences.
Method: This study compared the baseline nasopharyngeal microbiome of SARS-CoV-2 infected diabetic and non-diabetic pa… Show more
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