Less Severe Cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Could Co-infection or a Recent History of Plasmodium falciparum Infection Be Protective?

A Kalungi, E Kinyanda, DH Akena, P Kaleebu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sub-Saharan Africa has generally experienced few cases and deaths of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). In addition to other potential explanations for the few cases and …

The relationship between blood groups and risk of infection with SARS‐CoV‐2 or development of severe outcomes: a review

P Shokri, S Golmohammadi, M Noori… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) is considered a global catastrophe that has …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum common immunodominant regions may explain low COVID-19 incidence in the malaria-endemic belt

MAM Iesa, MEM Osman, MA Hassan, AIA Dirar… - New microbes and new …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused significant morbidity and
mortality and new cases are on the rise globally, yet malaria-endemic areas report …

The role of economic structural factors in determining pandemic mortality rates: evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak in France

S Goutte, T Péran, T Porcher - Research in International Business and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Among the majority of research on individual factors leading to coronavirus mortality, age
has been identified as a dominant factor. Health and other individual factors including …

[HTML][HTML] Individuals with a Rh-positive but not Rh-negative blood group are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection: demographics and trend study on COVID-19 …

SAH Taha, MEM Osman, EAA Abdoelkarim… - New microbes and new …, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Sudan, several hematological studies were conducted to …

[PDF][PDF] Association between the spread of COVID-19 and weather-climatic parameters.

MG Carta, A Scano, J Lindert… - European Review for …, 2020 - europeanreview.org
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the climate has played a role in the COVID-19 outbreak,
we compared virus lethality in countries closer to the Equator with others. Lethality in …

Impact of the COVID-19 duration on neglected parasitic diseases

ÖU Bağcı - Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi, 2021 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in Wuhan, China in
December 2019, has affected the whole world and caused approximately four million …

COVID-19 pandemic: the implications of the natural history, challenges of diagnosis and management for care in sub-Saharan Africa

L Omo-Aghoja, EG Moke, KK Anachuna… - Beni-Suef University …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a severe acute respiratory
infection which has afflicted virtually almost all nations of the earth. It is highly transmissible …

Exploring the room for repurposed hydroxychloroquine to impede COVID-19: toxicities and multipronged combination approaches with pharmaceutical insights

A Jain, SK Prajapati, M Tripathi… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has fatally affected the whole world with millions of
deaths. Amidst the dilemma of a breakthrough in vaccine development, hydroxychloroquine …

Does living in previously exposed malaria or warm areas is associated with a lower risk of severe COVID-19 infection in Italy?

MG Carta, A Scano, L Minerba, F Romano… - … Research in Applied …, 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
Abstract Incidence of Covid-19 positivity (21/2/2020-28/3/2020) in provinces of 4 Italian
regions whose territory was described as previously exposed to Malaria was compared with …