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Low iron mitigates viral survival: insights from evolution, genetics, and pandemics—a review of current hypothesis

BACKGROUND: Upon re-examination of our human history, evolutionary perspectives, and genetics, a prevailing iron deficiency phenotype appears to have evolved to protect the human race from extinction. BODY: In this review, we summarize the evolutionary and genetic perspectives pointing towards the h...

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Autores principales: Menshawey, Rahma, Menshawey, Esraa, Alserr, Ayman H. K., Abdelmassih, Antoine Fakhry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7738201/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43042-020-00114-z