Covid-19 Infection and Gastrointestinal System

Authors: Kirkik D* and Hacimustafaoglu F

DOI: 10.23880/ghij-16000194

Volume 7, Issue 1

Abstract

A pneumonia outbreak of unknown etiology and pathology spread to the whole world in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and this outbreak is called as COVID-19. COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and it can cause various clinical pictures such as respiratory, enteric, hepatic, nephrotic, and neurological involvement in humans and animals. This outbreak has caused the death of millions of people. Vaccination studies have continued today, and vaccination of all humanity may take a long time. The best prophylactic approach to reduce the severity of such viral diseases is to enhance human host immunity. We will summarize effects of COVID-19 infection on the gastrointestinal system and we will remark the importance of probiotics in this manuscript.

Keywords: COVID-19 Infection; Probiotics; Gastrointestinal System

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