Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Its Relation to Breath Volatile Organic Compounds

Moria Lichtenstein; Sondra Turjerman; Jayant M. Pinto; Orna Barash; Omry Koren

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00104-21

mSystems (Aug 2021)

Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Its Relation to Breath Volatile Organic Compounds

Moria Lichtenstein,
Sondra Turjerman,
Jayant M. Pinto,
Orna Barash,
Omry Koren

Affiliations

Moria Lichtenstein: ORCiD; NanoScent Labs Ltd., Teradyon Industrial Park, Israel
Sondra Turjerman: ORCiD; Azriely Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel
Jayant M. Pinto: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Orna Barash: NanoScent Labs Ltd., Teradyon Industrial Park, Israel
Omry Koren: ORCiD; Azriely Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00104-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Among the many products of metabolic processes are volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In the airways, these volatile metabolites are emitted through breathing and thus are easily sampled for analysis.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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