Beta-thalassemia may protect against COVID 19

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Oct:143:110014. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110014. Epub 2020 Jun 28.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Disease Resistance
  • Geography
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Porphyrins / chemistry
  • Prevalence
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • beta-Thalassemia / epidemiology*

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Porphyrins