How COVID-19 induces cytokine storm with high mortality

• Main Authors: Shintaro Hojyo (Author), Mona Uchida (Author), Kumiko Tanaka (Author), Rie Hasebe (Author), Yuki Tanaka (Author), Masaaki Murakami (Author), Toshio Hirano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The newly emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, but has rapidly spread all over the world. Some COVID-19 patients encounter a severe symptom of acute respiratory distress syndro...