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Case Report: Death due to COVID-19 in Three Brothers
Sedigheh Yousefzadegan1, Nima Rezaei2,3,4
1Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Firouzabadi Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|April 12, 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.
