Hypothesis to explain the severe form of COVID-19 in Northern Italy

• Luca Cegolon,
• Jennifer Pichierri,
• Giuseppe Mastrangelo,
• Sandro Cinquetti,
• Giovanni Sotgiu,
• Saverio Bellizzi,
• Giuseppe Pichierri

Affiliations

Luca Cegolon

Public Health Department, Local Health Unit N. 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy

Jennifer Pichierri

Children and Young People’s Diabetes, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Veneto Region, Italy

Sandro Cinquetti

Public Health Department, Local Health Unit N. 2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy

Giovanni Sotgiu

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Sperimentali. Via Padre Manzella, 4—07100, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Saverio Bellizzi

1 WHO Health Emergencies Programme, WHO Jordan Country Office, Amman, Jordan

Giuseppe Pichierri

Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland