Using Probiotics to Flatten the Curve of Coronavirus Disease COVID-2019 Pandemic

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Probiotic Mechanisms of Action

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Feeding of Bifidobacterium bifidum and Streptococcus thermophilus to infants in hospital for prevention of diarrhoea and shedding of rotavirus

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Gastrointestinal symptoms of 95 cases with SARS-CoV-2 infection

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SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases

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Shaping the Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics

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Gut Dysbiosis during Influenza Contributes to Pulmonary Pneumococcal Superinfection through Altered Short-Chain Fatty Acid Production

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Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with COVID-19: impact on the gut microbiome

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Immune-Boosting, Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Food Supplements Targeting Pathogenesis of COVID-19

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Modulatory Effects of Probiotics During Pathogenic Infections With Emphasis on Immune Regulation

Raheem, A., Liang, L., Zhang, G., & Cui, S. (2021) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.616713 · Cited by 323

Long COVID and its Management

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Current status of probiotic and related health benefits

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Microbiota Modulation of the Gut-Lung Axis in COVID-19

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Probiotic improves symptomatic and viral clearance in Covid19 outpatients: a randomized, quadruple-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

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Role of probiotics to combat viral infections with emphasis on COVID-19

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Alterations in microbiota of patients with COVID-19: potential mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

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Viral Infections, the Microbiome, and Probiotics

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Probiotics-based foods and beverages as future foods and their overall safety and regulatory claims

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Emerging Technologies and Coating Materials for Improved Probiotication in Food Products: a Review

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Postbiotics: Functional Food Materials and Therapeutic Agents for Cancer, Diabetes, and Inflammatory Diseases

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Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals under Investigation for COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment

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Gastrointestinal manifestations in COVID-19

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SARS-CoV-2 microbiome dysbiosis linked disorders and possible probiotics role

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Gut microbiota and old age: Modulating factors and interventions for healthy longevity

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Probiotics and Covid-19

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Probiotics in Treatment of Viral Respiratory Infections and Neuroinflammatory Disorders

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Review article: Probiotics, prebiotics and dietary approaches during COVID-19 pandemic

Hu, J., Zhang, L., Lin, W. Y., Tang, W., Chan, F. K. L., & Ng, S. C. (2020) · Trends in Food Science & Technology · doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2020.12.009 · Cited by 100

Kefir as a Functional Beverage Gaining Momentum towards Its Health Promoting Attributes

Ganatsios, V., Nigam, P. S. N., Plessas, S., & Τέρπου, Α. (2021) · Beverages · doi:10.3390/beverages7030048 · Cited by 96

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle behaviors in children and adolescents: an international overview

Scapaticci, S., Neri, C. R., Marseglia, G. L., Staiano, A., Chiarelli, F., & Verduci, E. (2022) · The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s13052-022-01211-y · Cited by 105

Probiotics and COVID‐19: is there any link?

Akour, A. A. (2020) · Letters in Applied Microbiology · doi:10.1111/lam.13334 · Cited by 94

Potential beneficial role of probiotics on the outcome of COVID-19 patients: An evolving perspective

Santacroce, L., Inchingolo, F., Topi, S., Prete, R. D., Cosola, M. D., Charitos, I. A., & Montagnani, M. (2021) · Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2020.12.040 · Cited by 89

Attenuating the Effects of Novel COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection-Induced Cytokine Storm and the Implications

Rowaiye, A. B., Okpalefe, O. A., Onuh, O. A., Ogidigo, J. O., Oladipo, O. H., Ogu, A. C., Oli, A. N., Olofinsae, S. A., Onyekwere, O., Abubakar, A. R., et al. (2021) · Journal of Inflammation Research · doi:10.2147/jir.s301784 · Cited by 87

Potential contribution of beneficial microbes to face the COVID-19 pandemic

Antunes, A. E. C., Vinderola, G., Xavier-Santos, D., & Sivieri, K. (2020) · Food Research International · doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109577 · Cited by 86

Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antioxidant, and Anticancer Activities of Postbiotics: A review of Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives

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Biotechnological Applications of Probiotics: A Multifarious Weapon to Disease and Metabolic Abnormality

Singh, R. P., Shadan, A., & Ma, Y. (2022) · Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins · doi:10.1007/s12602-022-09992-8 · Cited by 85

Health conscious consumers and sugar confectionery: Present aspects and projections

Konar, N., Güneş, R., Palabıyık, İ., & Toker, Ö. S. (2022) · Trends in Food Science & Technology · doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2022.02.001 · Cited by 81

Role of probiotics and prebiotics in mitigation of different diseases

Manzoor, S., Wani, S. M., Mir, S. A., & Rizwan, D. (2022) · Nutrition · doi:10.1016/j.nut.2022.111602 · Cited by 79

Probiotics, Photobiomodulation, and Disease Management: Controversies and Challenges

Ailioaie, L. M., & Litscher, G. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms22094942 · Cited by 70

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis–Immune Hyperresponse–Inflammation Triad in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact of Pharmacological and Nutraceutical Approaches

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Mechanisms linking the human gut microbiome to prophylactic and treatment strategies for COVID-19

Walton, G., Gibson, G. R., & Hunter, K. A. (2020) · British Journal Of Nutrition · doi:10.1017/s0007114520003980 · Cited by 66

The role of probiotics in coronavirus disease-19 infection in Wuhan: A retrospective study of 311 severe patients

Li, Q., Cheng, F., Xu, Q., Su, Y., Cai, X., Zeng, F., & Zhang, Y. (2021) · International Immunopharmacology · doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2021.107531 · Cited by 64

Antiviral activity of fermented foods and their probiotics bacteria towards respiratory and alimentary tracts viruses

Muhialdin, B. J., Zawawi, N., Razis, A. F. A., Bakar, J., & Zarei, M. (2021) · Food Control · doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108140 · Cited by 60

The gut microbiome: an under-recognised contributor to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Segal, J. P., Mak, J. W. Y., Mullish, B. H., Alexander, J. L., Ng, S. C., & Marchesi, J. R. (2020) · Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology · doi:10.1177/1756284820974914 · Cited by 62

Probiotic Effects against Virus Infections: New Weapons for an Old War

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Autoimmunity and COVID-19 – The microbiotal connection

Katz-Agranov, N. S., & Zandman‐Goddard, G. (2021) · Autoimmunity Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102865 · Cited by 64

Probiotics in the prophylaxis of COVID-19: something is better than nothing

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Probiotics and prebiotics: potential prevention and therapeutic target for nutritional management of COVID-19?

Batista, K. S., de Albuquerque, J. G., de Vasconcelos, M. H. A., Bezerra, M. L. R., Barbalho, M. B. D. S., Pinheiro, R. O., & Aquino, J. D. S. (2021) · Nutrition Research Reviews · doi:10.1017/s0954422421000317 · Cited by 56

Potential of Nanonutraceuticals in Increasing Immunity

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We and herbivores eat endophytes

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Could nutritional supplements act as therapeutic adjuvants in COVID-19?

Costagliola, G., Spada, E., Comberiati, P., & Peroni, D. G. (2021) · The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s13052-021-00990-0 · Cited by 49

Recent advances in vitamin D implications in chronic respiratory diseases

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Gut-Lung Axis in COVID-19

Allali, I., Bakri, Y., Amzazi, S., & Ghazal, H. (2021) · Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1155/2021/6655380 · Cited by 45

Current trends in the development of soy-based foods containing probiotics and paving the path for soy-synbiotics

Sasi, M., Kumar, S., Hasan, M., Arpitha, S. R., García-Gutiérrez, E., Kumari, S., Prakash, O., Nain, L., Sachdev, A., & Dahuja, A. (2022) · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · doi:10.1080/10408398.2022.2078272 · Cited by 45

Therapeutic and Dietary Support for Gastrointestinal Tract Using Kefir as a Nutraceutical Beverage: Dairy-Milk-Based or Plant-Sourced Kefir Probiotic Products for Vegan and Lactose-Intolerant Populations

Dahiya, D., & Nigam, P. S. N. (2023) · Fermentation · doi:10.3390/fermentation9040388 · Cited by 52

Systematic Network and Meta-analysis on the Antiviral Mechanisms of Probiotics: A Preventive and Treatment Strategy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Patra, S., Saxena, S., Sahu, N., Pradhan, B., & Roychowdhury, A. (2021) · Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins · doi:10.1007/s12602-021-09748-w · Cited by 43

Culture-Delivery Live Probiotics Dressing for Accelerated Infected Wound Healing

Sun, Y., Liu, M., Tang, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, J., & Yang, B. (2023) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.3c12845 · Cited by 40

Probiotic products from laboratory to commercialization

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Engineered bacteria as an orally administered anti-viral treatment and immunization system

Kamble, N. S., Thomas, S. C., Madaan, T., Ehsani, N., Sange, S., Tucker, K., Muhumure, A., Kunkler, S., & Kotagiri, N. (2025) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2025.2500056 · Cited by 40

Nutraceuticals in the Prevention of Viral Infections, including COVID-19, among the Pediatric Population: A Review of the Literature

Parisi, G. F., Carota, G., Castruccio Castracani, C., Spampinato, M., Manti, S., Papale, M., Di Rosa, M., Barbagallo, I., & Leonardi, S. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms22052465 · Cited by 43

Gut Microbiota Dynamics in Relation to Long-COVID-19 Syndrome: Role of Probiotics to Combat Psychiatric Complications

Alenazy, M. F., Aljohar, H. I., Alruwaili, A. R., Daghestani, M. H., Alonazi, M. A., Labban, R. S. M., El‐Ansary, A. K., & Balto, H. A. G. (2022) · Metabolites · doi:10.3390/metabo12100912 · Cited by 39

Probiotics, prebiotics, and COVID-19 infection: A review article

Khaled, J. M. A. (2020) · Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.025 · Cited by 40

Gut Microbiota Disruption in COVID-19 or Post-COVID Illness Association with severity biomarkers: A Possible Role of Pre / Pro-biotics in manipulating microflora

Alharbi, K. S., Singh, Y. P., Almalki, W. H., Rawat, S., Afzal, O., Altamimi, A. S. A., Kazmi, I. A., Al-Abbasi, F. A., Alzarea, S. I., Singh, S. K., et al. (2022) · Chemico-Biological Interactions · doi:10.1016/j.cbi.2022.109898 · Cited by 38

Altered gut microbiota patterns in COVID-19: Markers for inflammation and disease severity

Chakraborty, C., Sharma, A. R., Bhattacharya, M., Dhama, K., & Lee, S. (2022) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v28.i25.2802 · Cited by 35

Novel Insights into the Role of Probiotics in Respiratory Infections, Allergies, Cancer, and Neurological Abnormalities

Balta, I., Butucel, E., Mohylyuk, V., Criste, A. D., Dezmirean, D. S., Ştef, L., Peț, I., & Corcionivoschi, N. (2021) · Diseases · doi:10.3390/diseases9030060 · Cited by 35

Gut probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus attenuates PDE4B-mediated interleukin-6 induced by SARS-CoV-2 membrane glycoprotein

Pham, M. T., Yang, A. J., Kao, M., Gankhuyag, U., Zayabaatar, E., Jin, S.-L. C., & Huang, C.-M. (2021) · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108821 · Cited by 32

Nutraceuticals and COVID‐19: A mechanistic approach toward attenuating the disease complications

Paudel, K. R., Patel, V. K., Vishwas, S., Gupta, S., Sharma, S., Chan, Y., Jha, N. K., Shrestha, J., Imran, M., Panth, N., et al. (2022) · Journal of Food Biochemistry · doi:10.1111/jfbc.14445 · Cited by 32

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in COVID-19: Modulation and Approaches for Prevention and Therapy

Giménez, V. M. M., Modrego, J., Gómez‐Garré, D., Manucha, W. A., & Heras, N. D. L. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241512249 · Cited by 31

Targeting Microbiome: An Alternative Strategy for Fighting SARS-CoV-2 Infection

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Probiotic therapy, African fermented foods and food-derived bioactive peptides in the management of SARS-CoV-2 cases and other viral infections

Mgbodile, F. C., & Nwagu, T. N. (2023) · Biotechnology Reports · doi:10.1016/j.btre.2023.e00795 · Cited by 35

Emerging Evidence on the Use of Probiotics and Prebiotics to Improve the Gut Microbiota of Older Adults with Frailty Syndrome: A Narrative Review

de la Barquera, B. S. Y. S., Carrillo, B. E. M., Garrido, J. F. A., Martínez-Méndez, R., Arciniega, A. D. B., Valdés‐Ramos, R., & Piña, A. E. S. (2022) · The journal of nutrition health & aging · doi:10.1007/s12603-022-1842-4 · Cited by 33

Review on Applied Applications of Microbiome on Human Lives

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Potential Roles for Probiotics in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients and Prevention of Complications Associated with Increased Antibiotic Use

Kullar, R., Johnson, S., McFarland, L. V., & Goldstein, E. J. C. (2021) · Antibiotics · doi:10.3390/antibiotics10040408 · Cited by 33

Effects of diets, foods and nutrients on immunity: Implications for COVID‐19?

Lockyer, S. (2020) · Nutrition Bulletin · doi:10.1111/nbu.12470 · Cited by 28

Probiotics as Adjunctive Treatment for Patients Contracted COVID-19: Current Understanding and Future Needs

Peng, J., Zhang, M., Yao, G., Kwok, L., & Zhang, W. (2021) · Frontiers in Nutrition · doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.669808 · Cited by 27

The Aftermath of COVID-19: Exploring the Long-Term Effects on Organ Systems

Golzardi, M., Hromić‐Jahjefendić, A., Šutković, J., Aydın, O., Ünal‐Aydın, P., Bećirević, T., Redwan, E. M. M. M., Rubio‐Casillas, A., & Uversky, V. N. (2024) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines12040913 · Cited by 29

Interplay between Inflammaging, Frailty and Nutrition in Covid-19: Preventive and Adjuvant Treatment Perspectives

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Probiotics as a biotherapeutics for the management and prevention of respiratory tract diseases

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Probiotics as a Weapon in the Fight Against COVID-19

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COVID-19 and gut immunomodulation

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Management of patients with digestive diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Gastroenterological Scientific Society of Russia

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Impact of Probiotics on the Performance of Endurance Athletes: A Systematic Review

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Precision Postbiotics and Mental Health: the Management of Post-COVID-19 Complications

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