COVID-19: A Challenge to Physiology of Aging

COVID-19: A Challenge to Physiology of Aging

The death toll of the current COVID-19 pandemic is strongly biased toward the elderly. COVID-19 case fatality rate (CFR) increases with age exponentially, its doubling time being about 7 years, irrespective of countries and epidemic stages. The same age-dependent mortality pattern known as the Gompe...

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Main Author: Aleksei G. Golubev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
COVID-19
aging
theories
physiological balances
public health
anti-aging drugs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2020.584248/full

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