Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe

Abstract Background Emerging evidence from China suggests that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is deadlier for infected men than women with a 2.8% fatality rate being reported in Chinese men versus 1.7% in women. Further, sex-disaggregated data for COVID-19 in several European countries show a s...

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Main Authors: Catherine Gebhard, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Hannelore K. Neuhauser, Rosemary Morgan, Sabra L. Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13293-020-00304-9