International journal of molecular sciences
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Review
Metagenomics: A New Way to Illustrate the Crosstalk between Infectious Diseases and Host Microbiome.
Microbes have co-evolved with human beings for millions of years. They play a very important role in maintaining the health of the host. ⋯ It is believed that the increased understanding of the correlation between infectious disease and the alteration of the microbiome can contribute to better management of disease progression in the future. However, future studies may need to be more integrative so as to establish the exact causality of diseases by analyzing the correlation between microorganisms within the human host and the pathogenesis of infectious diseases.