Covid-19 and diabetes : a complex bidirectional relationship

• Main Authors: Muniangi-Muhitu, Hermine, Akalestou, Elina, Salem, Victoria, Misra, Shivani, Oliver, Nicholas S., Rutter, Guy A.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Diabetes; Covid-19
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145760
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Covid-19 is a recently-emerged infectious disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV2. SARS-CoV2 differs from previous coronavirus infections (SARS and MERS) due to its high infectivity (reproduction value, R0, typically 2–4) and pre- or asymptomatic transmiss...