Sex difference and smoking predisposition in patients with COVID-19
Hua Cai
Published:March 11, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30117-X
The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is quickly turning into a pandemic. Although the disease is now better contained in China, 32?702 cases remain as of March 2, 2020. 10?566 cases and 166 deaths outside of China had been reported as of March 3 (WHO situation report 43), which is a large increase from the 2918 cases and 44 deaths reported on Feb 26 (WHO situation report 37). Rapid progress has been made with diagnostic reagents (eg, nucleic acid and IgM or IgG detection, or both), drug repurposing (eg, remdesivir and chloroquine), and vaccine production.