High association of COVID-19 severity with poor gut health score in Lebanese patients

• Imad Al Kassaa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: imad.kassaa@ul.edu.lb (IAK); mo368@cornell.edu, marwan.osman@outlook.com (MO)

  Affiliations Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-2427

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• Sarah El Omari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-9274

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• Nada Abbas,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Nicolas Papon,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Univ Angers, Univ Brest, GEIHP, SFR ICAT, Angers, France

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• Djamel Drider,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UMR Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro1158, Univ. Lille, INRAE, Univ. Liège, UPJV, YNCREA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ICV—Institut Charles Viollette, Lille, France

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• Issmat I. Kassem,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2978-9573

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• Marwan Osman

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: imad.kassaa@ul.edu.lb (IAK); mo368@cornell.edu, marwan.osman@outlook.com (MO)

  Affiliation Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6235-2760

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