Mei Ling J. N. Chu

Linking nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal microbiota to immune responses during influenza-like illness in an aging population

Older adults are vulnerable to influenza-like illness (ILI). To study how infection shapes the respiratory microbiota, we profiled nasopharyngeal (NP) and oropharyngeal (OP) communities alongside local immune mediators in adults aged 60–88, comparing asymptomatic, ILI, and recove...