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. 2021 Feb 18:38:186.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.186.27953. eCollection 2021.

Probiotics potentials in mitigating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Rine Christopher Reuben  1 , Makwin Danladi Makut  2 , Lillian Yami Adogo  3
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Probiotics potentials in mitigating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Rine Christopher Reuben et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Despite the adoption and use of different infection prevention and control measures, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic keeps surging on with globally increasing morbidities and mortalities. The lack of a specific therapeutic intervention against COVID-19 warrants the use of non-conventional potent alternatives. In recent times, probiotics have shown to mitigate numerous health challenges, including animal and human infectious diseases through competitive exclusion or antagonism of pathogens, modulation of host-microbiota, secretion of antimicrobial compounds and stimulation of immune responses. The presentation of COVID-19 as severe respiratory distress leading to gastrointestinal tract involvement could be mitigated through probiotics administration which beneficially modulates the microbiota and immune responses with an attendant reduction in morbidities, hence curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; microbiota; mitigate; pandemic; prevention; probiotics.

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