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

Jean Bousquet; Josep M Anto; Guido Iaccarino; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Tari Haahtela; Aram Anto; Cezmi A Akdis; Hubert Blain; G. Walter Canonica; Victoria Cardona; Alvaro A Cruz; Maddalena Illario; Juan Carlos Ivancevich; Marek Jutel; Ludger Klimek; Piotr Kuna; Daniel Laune; Désirée Larenas-Linnemann; Joaquim Mullol; Nikos G Papadopoulos; Oliver Pfaar; Boleslaw Samolinski; Arūnas Valiulis; Arzu Yorgancioglu; Torsten Zuberbier

doi:10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0

Title	Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries? /
Authors	Bousquet, Jean ; Anto, Josep M ; Iaccarino, Guido ; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa ; Haahtela, Tari ; Anto, Aram ; Akdis, Cezmi A ; Blain, Hubert ; Canonica, G. Walter ; Cardona, Victoria ; Cruz, Alvaro A ; Illario, Maddalena ; Ivancevich, Juan Carlos ; Jutel, Marek ; Klimek, Ludger ; Kuna, Piotr ; Laune, Daniel ; Larenas-Linnemann, Désirée ; Mullol, Joaquim ; Papadopoulos, Nikos G ; Pfaar, Oliver ; Samolinski, Boleslaw ; Valiulis, Arūnas ; Yorgancioglu, Arzu ; Zuberbier, Torsten
DOI	10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0
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Is Part of	Clinical and translational allergy.. London : BioMed Central Ltd. 2020, vol. 10, art. no. 16, p. [1-7].. ISSN 2045-7022
Keywords [eng]	COVID-19 ; population ; angiotensin-converting enzyme
Abstract [eng]	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.
Published	London : BioMed Central Ltd
Type	Journal article
Language	English
Publication date	2020
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„Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries? /“