Can endemic parasitic diseases and/or vectors play a role in the COVID-19 pandemic? | ||||
| Parasitologists United Journal | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 14, Issue 1, April 2021, Page 7-14 PDF (663.28 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/puj.2021.52193.1098 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Enas Elsaftawy1; Rita Wassef   2; Noha Amin 3
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| 1Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University & Armed Forces College of Medicine | ||||
| 2Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine ,Helwan University , Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 3Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| COVID-19 is a novel single-stranded RNA virus responsible for the preliminary outbreak of viral pneumonia in China that progressed rapidly into a pandemic. To our knowledge, the possible benefits, or detriments of the co-existence of endemic parasitic infections and vectors, especially in the old world, haven’t been considered. In this review, we aimed to introduce several inquiries in this concern | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19; parasites; parasitic infections; vectors | ||||
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