Open AccessHepatitis A susceptibility parallels high COVID-19 mortality
Author(s) -
Faik Sarıalioğlu,
Fatma Burcu Belen,
Kadir Mutlu Hayran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2007-133
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis a , virology , mortality rate , viral hepatitis , environmental health , hepatitis , virus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak
COVID-19 has become the biggest health problem of this century. It has been hypothesized that immunity against hepatitis A virus (HAV) may provide protection from COVID- 19.