Hepatitis A susceptibility parallels high COVID-19 mortality

Authors

FAİK SARIALİOĞLU
FATMA BURCU BELEN
KADİR MUTLU HAYRAN

DOI

10.3906/sag-2007-133

Abstract

Background/aim:COVID-19 has become the biggest health problem of this century. It has been hypothesized that immunity against hepatitis A virus (HAV) may provide protection from COVID- 19. Materials and methods: As of 10June 2020, the infection had spread to 213 countries, with 7.3 million people infected and 413,733 dead. This data was combined with the World Health Organization susceptibility classification on the worldwide prevalence of HAV, and the relationship between HAV susceptibility and COVID-19 mortality were analyzed. Results: When the data from 213 countries were analyzed, it was found that there was a significant increasing trend in COVID-19 mortality rates by HAV susceptibility (P

Keywords

Hepatitis A, COVID-19, vaccine, mortality

First Page

382

Last Page

384

Recommended Citation

SARIALİOĞLU, FAİK; BELEN, FATMA BURCU; and HAYRAN, KADİR MUTLU (2021) "Hepatitis A susceptibility parallels high COVID-19 mortality," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 51: No. 1, Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2007-133
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol51/iss1/47