Prolonged facial mask wear is a concern for the development of dysbiotic microbiome

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: jbrooks@umaryland.edu.
• ² Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
• ³ Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.