Response to the letter of L. Santacroce regarding article "Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasis on COVID-19: A review" (Jayawardena et al.)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: ranil@physiol.cmb.ac.lk.
² Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Health and Wellness Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
³ Laboratory of Hygiene, Social & Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 4, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ National Center for Primary Care and Allergy Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Comment

Ranil Jayawardena et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Sep-Oct.

. 2020 Sep-Oct;14(5):839.

doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.06.017. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

¹ Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: ranil@physiol.cmb.ac.lk.
² Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Health and Wellness Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
³ Laboratory of Hygiene, Social & Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 4, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ National Center for Primary Care and Allergy Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

No abstract available

Comment on

Letter in response to the article "Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasis on COVID-19: A review" (Jayawardena et al.).
Santacroce L. Santacroce L. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Sep-Oct;14(5):927. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.06.009. Epub 2020 Jun 7. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020. PMID: 32585601 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

1. Jayawardena R., Sooriyaarachchi P., Chourdakis M., Jeewandara C., Ranasinghe P. Enhancing immunity in viral infections, with special emphasis on COVID-19: a review. Diabetes Metab. Syndr. 2020;14(4):367–382. - PMC - PubMed
1. Marsland B.J., Trompette A., Gollwitzer E.S. The gut–lung axis in respiratory disease. Annals Am Thoracic Soc. 2015;12:S150–S156. - PubMed
1. Wong S.H., Lui R.N., Sung J.J. Covid-19 and the digestive system. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;35:744–748. - PubMed
1. Zhang W., Du R.-H., Li B., Zheng X.-S., Yang X.-L., Hu B. Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes. Emerg Microb Infect. 2020;9:386–389. - PMC - PubMed
1. Liang W., Feng Z., Rao S., Xiao C., Xue X., Lin Z. Diarrhoea may be underestimated: a missing link in 2019 novel coronavirus. Gut. 2020;69:1141–1143. - PubMed