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Case Report: Death Due to Covid-19 in Three Brothers Publisher Pubmed



Yousefzadegan S1 ; Rezaei N2, 3, 4
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  1. 1. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Firouzabadi Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Qarib St., Keshavarz Bldg., Tehran, 14194, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

Source: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Published:2020


Abstract

We report fatal cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in three brothers in Iran. An increased susceptibility to specific pathogens has been reported for a number of genetic defects. Considering the fact that most of them who are affected by COVID-19 recover, deaths in three brothers who lived separately and had no known underlying disease suggest genetic predisposition to COVID-19 in some individuals. Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene