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    Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries?

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    Bousquet, J; Anto, JM; Iaccarino, G; Czarlewski, W; Haahtela, T; Anto, A; Akdis, CA; Blain, H; Canonica, GW; Cardona, V; ...
    Date
    2020
    Source Title
    Clinical and Translational Allergy
    Publisher
    Wiley
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Hew, Mark
    Affiliation
    Medicine and Radiology
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    Journal Article
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    Bousquet, J., Anto, J. M., Iaccarino, G., Czarlewski, W., Haahtela, T., Anto, A., Akdis, C. A., Blain, H., Canonica, G. W., Cardona, V., Cruz, A. A., Illario, M., Ivancevich, J. C., Jutel, M., Klimek, L., Kuna, P., Laune, D., Larenas-Linnemann, D., Mullol, J. ,... ARIA group (2020). Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries?. Clin Transl Allergy, 10 (1), pp.16-. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252425
    DOI
    10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250534
    Abstract
    Reported COVID-19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the population was put forward. Most current debates on COVID-19 focus on the differences among countries, but little attention has been given to regional differences and diet. The low-death rate European countries (e.g. Austria, Baltic States, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia) have used different quarantine and/or confinement times and methods and none have performed as many early tests as Germany. Among other factors that may be significant are the dietary habits. It seems that some foods largely used in these countries may reduce angiotensin-converting enzyme activity or are anti-oxidants. Among the many possible areas of research, it might be important to understand diet and angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) levels in populations with different COVID-19 death rates since dietary interventions may be of great benefit.

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