Publication Name	World Journal of Radiology
Manuscript ID	60349
Country	Bangladesh

Received	2020-10-26 06:08
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Category	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Manuscript Type	Systematic Reviews
Article Title	Exploration of sex-specific and age-dependent COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh population
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Md Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Showna Hossain and Md Kudrat-E Zahan
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Md Abdul Alim Al-Bari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1777-3662 Showna Hossain http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0568-4363 Md Kudrat-E Zahan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8159-5293
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Corresponding Author	Md Abdul Alim Al-Bari, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh. alimalbari347@ru.ac.bd
Key Words	COVID-19; Gender; Sex hormones; Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; TMPRSS2; TLR7
Core Tip	(1) Older age, male sex and acute illness severity are associated with increased mortality risk; (2) Older age, underlying co-morbidities, social deprivation and ethnicity have been associated with worse outcomes from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); (3) Sex hormones might be implicated in the age-dependent and sex-specific severity of COVID-19; (4) Male sex hormones usually appear as immunosuppressants, whereas female sex hormones enhances the actions of humoral immunity; and (5) Female sex hormones exert a protective effect of COVID-19 severity on females through direct antiviral activity or immune-mediated mechanisms.
Publish Date	2021-01-27 09:10
Citation	Al-Bari MAA, Hossain S, Zahan MKE. Exploration of sex-specific and age-dependent COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh population. World J Radiol 2021; 13(1): 1-18
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/full/v13/i1/1.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v13.i1.1

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