Vitamin D Levels and COVID-19 Susceptibility: Is there any Correlation?

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a major pandemic and now a leading cause of death worldwide. Currently, no drugs/vaccine is available for the treatment of this disease. Future preventions and social distancing are the only ways to prevent this disease from community transmission. Vitamin D is an i...

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Autores principales: Razdan, Karan, Singh, Kuldeep, Singh, Dilpreet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32835212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medidd.2020.100051
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a major pandemic and now a leading cause of death worldwide. Currently, no drugs/vaccine is available for the treatment of this disease. Future preventions and social distancing are the only ways to prevent this disease from community transmission. Vitamin D is an important micronutrient and has been reported to improve immunity and protect against respiratory illness. This short review highlights the important scientific link between Vitamin D levels and susceptibility to COVID-19 in patients. This review also discusses recommendations for Vitamin D dose required for healthy as well as COVID-19 susceptible patients for protection and prevention.

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