Title

The COVID-19 Puzzle

Authors

Leszek Konieczny & Irena Roterman

Affiliation

Jagiellonian University - Medical College, Krakow, Poland.

Email

Irena Roterman-Konieczna – E-mail: myroterm@cyf-kr.edu.pl; *Corresponding
author

Article Type

Editorial

Date

Received April 23, 2020; Accepted April 24, 2020; Published May 31, 2020

Viral diseases have affected humans since the dawn of humanity. Smallpox – now eradicated by vaccinations – serves as a particularly poignant example. More recently, the Spanish flu outbreak claimed a heavy toll in the early 20th century. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic appears no less threatening. The possible reason of highly variable course of disease is discussed.

Keywords

COVID-19; alcohol; Mediterranean diet; misfolded proteins; microbiom

Citation

Roterman & Konieczny, Bioinformation 16(5): 418-421 (2020)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.