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. 2020 Nov-Dec;14(6):1821-1822.
doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.09.011. Epub 2020 Sep 13.

Does a younger host make the virus weaker? Presenting a new hypothesis

Rajeev Jayadevan  1 , A V Raveendran  2
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Does a younger host make the virus weaker? Presenting a new hypothesis

Rajeev Jayadevan et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a pandemic, resulting in large number of deaths all over the world.

Methods: The risk factors for mortality are not clearly understood. We are presenting a new hypothesis.

Results: Virus become more virulent as it passes through weaker hosts and vice versa.

Conclusions: Viruses become more virulent when it passes through weaker and older hosts. It will be worth analysing the transmission chain of COVID-19 from this perspective.

Keywords: Covid-19; Mortality; Transmission; Virulence.

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Declaration of competing interest None. Patients or the public WERE NOT involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of my research.

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Virus become more virulent as it passes through weaker hosts.
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