Bifidobacterium lactis SD-5219 and Reduced Viral Load

• The effect of the probiotic consortia on SARS-CoV-2 infection in ferrets and on human immune cell response in vitro.

  • 2022-06
  • iScience 25(6)
  • • Markus J Lehtinen
    • Ritesh Kumar
    • Bryan Zabel
    • Sanna M Mäkelä
    • Derek Nedveck
    • Peipei Tang
    • Sinikka Latvala
    • Sebastien Guery
    • Charles R Budinoff

  • PubMed: 35634575
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104445

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Viral Load

  • Low evidence

  The results showed that the consortia significantly reduced the viral load, modulated immune response, and regulated viral receptor expression in ferrets compared to placebo.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes