COVID-19 Lethality in Sub-Saharan Africa and Helminth Immune Modulation

Front Immunol. 2020 Oct 8:11:574910. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.574910. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Luis Fonte¹, Armando Acosta², Maria E Sarmiento², María Ginori³, Gissel García⁴, Mohd Nor Norazmi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Havana, Cuba.
² School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
³ Department of Teaching, Polyclinic "Plaza de la Revolución", Havana, Cuba.
⁴ Department of Medical Genetic, Hospital "Hermanos Ameijeiras", Havana, Cuba.

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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS CoV-2; Sub-Saharan Africa; helminth immune modulation; lethality.

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MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Animals
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coinfection*
Coronavirus Infections*
Helminths*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
SARS-CoV-2