SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral load are associated with the upper respiratory tract microbiome.

"next we processed the 16s rrna sequences using the r dada2 package by following its standard operating procedure (available at: https://benjjneb github io/dada2/tutorial html ) e7 to this end sequences were grouped into asvs and taxonomy was assigned using the silva reference database e8 low-quality sequences chimeras and nonbacterial sequences were discarded as part of the dada2 pipeline."

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"This work was supported by funds from the 10.13039/100000060National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (under award nos. R21AI142321, R21AI154016, and R21AI149262); the 10.13039/100000050National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (under award nos. K23HL148638 and R01HL146401); and the Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Core (grant support from the 10.13039/100000002National Institutes of Health under award nos. UL1RR024975, P30CA68485, P30EY08126, and G20RR030956). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the funding agencies."