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COVID-19: the androgen hypothesis

Authors: Jeff John, Ken Kesner

Published in: African Journal of Urology | Issue 1/2020

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On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) China Office was informed of patients presenting with pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan City in the Hubei Province of China. Twelve days later, China revealed the genetic sequence of the causative agent, a novel virus which the WHO named SARS Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the resulting pneumonia Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [1]. At the time of writing, there have been 14,530,395 reported cases and 606,760 deaths (6.26%) worldwide. The African continent, home to 17% of the world’s population, currently accounts for just 4.9% of cases and 2.5% of deaths [2]. …

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Title: COVID-19: the androgen hypothesis
Authors: Jeff John
Ken Kesner
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Prostate Cancer
SARS-CoV-2
Prostate Cancer
COVID-19
Androgens
Testosterone
Published in: African Journal of Urology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1110-5704
Electronic ISSN: 1961-9987
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12301-020-00075-0

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