Low cardiorespiratory and mitochondrial fitness as risk factors in viral infections: implications for COVID-19

Johannes Burtscher^{1

2}, Grégoire P Millet³, Martin Burtscher⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lausanne Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland gregoire.millet@unil.ch.
⁴ Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Editorial

Johannes Burtscher et al. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;55(8):413-415.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103572. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Johannes Burtscher^{1

2}, Grégoire P Millet³, Martin Burtscher⁴

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Lausanne Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, VD, Switzerland gregoire.millet@unil.ch.
⁴ Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: energy; exercise; immune function; physical activity; virus.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.