Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volume 28, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 1874-1876
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

COVID-19 pandemic: Mechanistic approaches and gender vulnerabilities

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Abstract

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly pathogenic virus that causes coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19), a severe respiratory damaging syndrome with serious health complications worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 was unfamilar before the epidemic started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. COVID-19 is currently a pandemic influencing several countries worldwide. One of the mysteries of the new coronavirus is that it is deadlier for men than women with the male mortality rate is twice as high as that of females.

Keywords

COVID-19
Gender Vulnerability
Mortality
Pandemic

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