Sex differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and the potential link to prostate cancer

Dimple Chakravarty, Sujit S. Nair, Nada Hammouda, Parita Ratnani, Yasmine Gharib, Vinayak Wagaskar, Nihal Mohamed, Dara Lundon, Zachary Dovey, Natasha Kyprianou, Ashutosh K. Tewari

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Abstract

The recent outbreak of infections and the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 represent one of the most severe threats to human health in more than a century. Emerging data from the United States and elsewhere suggest that the disease is more severe in men. Knowledge gained, and lessons learned, from studies of the biological interactions and molecular links that may explain the reasons for the greater severity of disease in men, and specifically in the age group at risk for prostate cancer, will lead to better management of COVID-19 in prostate cancer patients. Such information will be indispensable in the current and post-pandemic scenarios.

Original languageEnglish
Article number374
JournalCommunications Biology
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020

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