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

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 significant morta...

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Published in:	Immunity & ageing Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors:	Mohammad, Sameer, Aziz, Rafia, Al Mahri, Saeed, Malik, Shuja Shafi, Haji, Esraa, Khan, Altaf Husain, Khatlani, Tanvir Saleem, Bouchama, Abderrezak
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 04.01.2021 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Aging Antibodies Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Body mass index Body weight Cardiovascular diseases Clinical Nutrition Coronavirus Coronaviruses COVID-19 Death Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) Fatalities Geriatrics/Gerontology Health aspects Hypertension Immunology Inflammation Innate and adaptive immunity Insulin resistance Medical research Medicine, Experimental Microenvironments Mortality Obesity Overweight Pandemics Prognosis Public Health Review Risk factors Type 2 diabetes United Kingdom > UK France China Innate and adaptive immunity Obesity Insulin resistance Inflammation Coronavirus Covid-19
ISSN:	1742-4933, 1742-4933
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