Can endemic parasitic diseases and/or vectors play a role in the COVID-19 pandemic?

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University & Armed Forces College of Medicine

2 Departments of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine ,Helwan University , Cairo, Egypt

3 Departments 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

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