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Is Sex a Determinant of COVID-19 Infection? Truth or Myth?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a specific high-affinity angiotensin II-hydrolytic enzyme, is the vector that facilitates cellular entry of SARS-CoV-1 and the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2, which crossed species barriers to infect humans, is highly contagious an...

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Autores principales: Groban, Leanne, Wang, Hao, Sun, Xuming, Ahmad, Sarfaraz, Ferrario, Carlos M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32852624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11906-020-01073-x