Open AccessPreliminary considerations regarding the risk of COVID-19 and disease severity in chronic gastrointestinal conditions
Author(s) -
Matteo Piciucchi,
Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni,
Alice Rossi,
Alissa Satriano,
I. Dell’Amico,
Vincenzo De Francesco,
Angelo Zullo,
Raffaele Manta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1792-7463
pISSN - 1108-7471
DOI - 10.20524/aog.2020.0498
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , covid-19 , disease , pathological , intensive care medicine , medline , gastrointestinal disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , political science , law
The novel RNA betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is driving great efforts in clinical and basic research and several studies of the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical and virological features of this infection are already available. However COVID-19 is a totally new pathological entity, and many gray areas regarding associated diseases still need to be elucidated, especially in the group of patients who suffer from preexistent gastrointestinal disease. The aim of this review is to summarize the published data on the correlation between chronic gastrointestinal disorders and COVID-19.