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01-05-2020 | SARS-CoV-2

The New Challenge of Geriatrics: Saving Frail Older People from the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic Infection,

Authors: Francesco Landi, C. Barillaro, A. Bellieni, V. Brandi, A. Carfì, M. D’Angelo, D. Fusco, G. Landi, R. Lo Monaco, A. M. Martone, E. Marzetti, F. Pagano, C. Pais, A. Russo, S. Salini, M. Tosato, A. Tummolo, F. Benvenuto, G. Bramato, L. Catalano, F. Ciciarello, I. Martis, S. Rocchi, E. Rota, A. Salerno, M. Tritto, A. Sgadari, G. Zuccalà, R. Bernabei, Gemelli Against COVID-19 Geriatric Team

Published in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging | Issue 5/2020

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In December 2019, a relevant number of patients affected by a mysterious pneumonia has been documented in Wuhan, China (1). Around the end of last year, the causative agent of this unexplained pneumonia has been identified as a new coronavirus. This virus has been “baptized” as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the relative disease has been called as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization. The COVID-19 epidemic is spreading in China and all over the world now as pandemic infection (1). …

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Title: The New Challenge of Geriatrics: Saving Frail Older People from the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic Infection,
Authors: Francesco Landi
C. Barillaro
A. Bellieni
V. Brandi
A. Carfì
M. D’Angelo
D. Fusco
G. Landi
R. Lo Monaco
A. M. Martone
E. Marzetti
F. Pagano
C. Pais
A. Russo
S. Salini
M. Tosato
A. Tummolo
F. Benvenuto
G. Bramato
L. Catalano
F. Ciciarello
I. Martis
S. Rocchi
E. Rota
A. Salerno
M. Tritto
A. Sgadari
G. Zuccalà
R. Bernabei
Gemelli Against COVID-19 Geriatric Team
Publication date: 01-05-2020
Publisher: Springer Paris
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Published in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1279-7707
Electronic ISSN: 1760-4788
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1356-x

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