Orally Ingested Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Synbiotic Interventions as Countermeasures for Gastrointestinal Tract Infections in Nonelderly Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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"This review was performed in accordance with the PRISMA statement []. The review protocol was registered on November 27, 2020 in the PROSPERO international register of systematic reviews (National Institute for Health Research, University of York, United Kingdom; https://www.crd.tork.ac.uk/prospero/; registration number CRD42020200670). This review was registered at PROSPERO as CRD42020200670."