Changes in the microbiota are associated with disease susceptibility, immune system development, and responses to treatment. Refocusing research to elucidate the causal links between the human microbiota and infectious and immune-mediated diseases will be critical to harnessing its power to prevent, diagnose, and treat such diseases.
Keywords: Immune mediated diseases; Infectious Diseases; microbiome.
Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020.