Obesity and COVID-19: what makes obese host so vulnerable?

Abstract The disease (COVID-19) novel coronavirus pandemic has so far infected millions resulting in the death of over a million people as of Oct 2020. More than 90% of those infected with COVID-19 show mild or no symptoms but the rest of the infected cases show severe symptoms resulting in signific...

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Main Authors: Sameer Mohammad, Rafia Aziz, Saeed Al Mahri, Shuja Shafi Malik, Esraa Haji, Altaf Husain Khan, Tanvir Saleem Khatlani, Abderrezak Bouchama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Immunity & Ageing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-020-00212-x