<scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 and Older Adults: What We Know

Shahid, Zainab; Kalayanamitra, Ricci; McClafferty, Brendan; Kepko, Douglas; Ramgobin, Devyani; Patel, Ravi; Shekher Aggarwal, Chander; Vunnam, Ramarao; Sahu, Nitasa; Bhatt, Dhirisha; D. Jones, Kirk; Golamari, Reshma; Jain, Rohit

doi:10.1111/jgs.16472

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COVID ‐19 and Older Adults: What We Know

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • Apr 7, 2020

Authors:

Zainab Shahid

Ricci Kalayanamitra

Brendan McClafferty

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel virus that causes COVID-19 infection, has recently emerged and caused a deadly pandemic. Studies have shown that this virus causes worse outcomes and a higher mortality rate in older adults and those with comorbidities such as hyp...

Subject

Medicine

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

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