1. Correction to: Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries?
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Dmitry Kudlay, Igor Kaidashev, Line Tannert, Gabrielle Laura Onorato, Abirami Subramaniam, Rudolf Valenta, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Holger Schünemann, Lorenzo Cecchi, Anke Maitland-van der Zee, Ana Margarida Pereira, George Christoff, Nombeko Monica Mashiya, Klaus F. Rabe, Luís Midão, Linda Cox, Jeroen Buters, Frederico Regateiro, Jean Bousquet, Mona Al-Ahmad, Sergio Bonini, Peter Howarth, Filip Raciborski, Gerard Dray, Luo Zhang, Didier EBO, Adnan Custovic, Elham Hossny, Ratko Djukanovic, Violeta Kvedarienė, Heather Zar, Alessandro Fiocchi, Chris Brightling, Cem Meco, Sietze Reitsma, Derek Chu, Ian Adcock, Olga Lourenço, University of Zurich, Bousquet, Jean, Bousquet, J, Anto, Jm, Iaccarino, G, Czarlewski, W, Haahtela, T, Anto, A, Akdis, Ca, Blain, H, Walter Canonica, G, Cardona, V, Cruz, Aa, Illario, M, Ivancevich, Jc, Jutel, M, Klimek, L, Kuna, P, Laune, D, Larenas-Linnemann, D, Mullol, J, Papadopoulos, Ng, Pfaar, O, Samolinski, B, Valiulis, A, Yorgancioglu, A, Zuberbier, T, UCL - SSS/IREC/PNEU - Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL et Dermatologie, and UCL - (MGD) Service de pneumologie
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,2403 Immunology ,ARIA group ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Immunology ,MEDLINE ,Correction ,610 Medicine & health ,RC581-607 ,Virology ,10183 Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research ,2740 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,2723 Immunology and Allergy ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Immunologic diseases. Allergy ,business - Abstract
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.
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