Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
COVID-19, Congenital Anomalies, Disease Incidence and Association, Genetic Diseases, Genetic Susceptibility
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050910
Abstract
Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, has resulted in over six million deaths worldwide. Millions of people who survived this SARS-CoV-2 infection show a number of post-COVID complications. Although, the comorbid conditions and post-COVID complexities are to some extent well reviewed and known, the impact of COVID-19 on pre-existing congenital anomalies and genetic diseases are only documented in isolated case reports and case series, so far. In the present review, we analyzed the PubMed indexed literature published between December 2019 and January 2022 to understand this relationship from various points of view, such as susceptibility, severity and heritability. Based on our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive review on COVID-19 and its associations with various congenital anomalies and genetic diseases. According to reported studies, some congenital disorders present high-risk for developing severe COVID-19 since these disorders already include some comorbidities related to the structure and function of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, leading to severe pneumonia. Other congenital disorders rather cause psychological burdens to patients and are not considered high-risk for the development of severe COVID-19 infection.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Viruses, v. 15, issue 5, art. 910
Scholar Commons Citation
Hromić-Jahjefendić, Altijana; Barh, Debmalya; Pinto, Cecília Horta Ramalho; Gomes, Lucas Gabriel Rodrigues; Machado, Jéssica Lígia Picanço; Afolabi, Oladapo Olawale; Tiwari, Sandeep; Aljabali, Alaa A.A.; Tambuwala, Murtaza M.; Serrano-Aroca, Ángel; Redwan, Elrashdy M.; Uversky, Vladimir N.; and Lundstrom, Kenneth, "Associations and Disease–disease Interactions of COVID-19 with Congenital and Genetic Disorders: A Comprehensive Review" (2022). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 928.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/928
