Instant messaging client gives the opportunity to recognize gut microbiota and dysbiosis-related disease: An investigation study on WeChat APP.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Gut microbiota and dysbiosis are closely related to the occurrence and development of various diseases. It is necessary to popularize gut microbiota-related knowledge to the public. And the instant messaging client on smartphones supplies a perfect tool to achieve this goal. Hence, we will describe the current status of gut microbiota education spread by WeChat official accounts.

Methods

The keywords of "gut microbiota," "fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT)," and "probiotics" were searched in the articles published from January 2015 to August 2020 on the WeChat official accounts. And the data were analyzed based on the 10 common gut dysbiosis-related diseases.

Results

A total of 3061 WeChat official accounts have published 11,239 articles on gut microbio

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9309781 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature