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. 2021 Mar;76(3):866-868.
doi: 10.1111/all.14426. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Is asthma protective against COVID-19?

Giulia Carli  1 , Lorenzo Cecchi  1 , Justin Stebbing  2 , Paola Parronchi  3 , Alessandro Farsi  1
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Is asthma protective against COVID-19?

Giulia Carli et al. Allergy. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Carli, Dr Cecchi, Prof. Parronchi and Dr Farsi have nothing to disclose. Prof. Stebbing's conflicts of interest can be found at https://www.nature.com/onc/editors and none are relevant here.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Counterregulation Between Allergic and IFN‐α Pathways
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Suggested Type I Interferon responses in SARS‐Cov‐2 infection in non‐asthmatic and Th2 high asthmatic patients
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Comment in

  • Update on asthma prevalence in severe COVID-19 patients.
    Morais-Almeida M, Barbosa MT, Sousa CS, Aguiar R, Bousquet J. Morais-Almeida M, et al. Allergy. 2021 Mar;76(3):953-954. doi: 10.1111/all.14482. Epub 2020 Jul 22. Allergy. 2021. PMID: 32639631 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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