COVID-19 and vitamin D– a systematic review

Jordan Taja; Siuka Darko; Rotovnik Nada Kozjek; Pfeifer Marija

doi:10.2478/sjph-2022-0017

Slovenian Journal of Public Health (Mar 2022)

COVID-19 and vitamin D– a systematic review

Jordan Taja,
Siuka Darko,
Rotovnik Nada Kozjek,
Pfeifer Marija

Affiliations

Jordan Taja: University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department for Radiology, Zaloška c. 7, 1000Ljubljana, Slovenia
Siuka Darko: University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department for Gastroenterology, Zaloška c. 7, 1000Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rotovnik Nada Kozjek: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, 1000Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pfeifer Marija: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, 1000Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0017
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 61, no. 2
pp. 124 – 132

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The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected global healthcare systems. Prior epidemiological studies on different infectious diseases have shown a strong correlation between serum vitamin D levels and the incidence of certain infectious diseases. Vitamin D has an important immunomodulatory effect on innate immunity and exhibits several other mechanisms in the pathogenesis of the cytokine storm, which is one of the main contributing factors to fatality in COVID-19 patients.

Published in Slovenian Journal of Public Health

ISSN: 1854-2476 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/SJPH

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