TY - JOUR JF - JoMMID JO - JoMMID VL - 10 IS - 4 PY - 2022 Y1 - 2022/12/01 TI - Iron Deficiency Anemia and COVID-19 TT - N2 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a significant health and financial issue in the current century. Despite significant attempts to manage the illness, the transmission routes of the virus and its widespread genomic mutations have led to an increasing number of new infections and mortality rates. In the absence of specific treatment for this new virus, identifying and managing factors affecting the prognosis of the disease is one of the critical strategies to reduce disease mortality. Patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), who account for an estimated half a billion people globally, are more prone to infections due to immune system disorders. Since they visit hospitals more frequently for follow-up care and diagnosis, they are more susceptible to becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. Once infected with SARS-CoV-2, low hemoglobin (Hb) levels and compromised immune systems disrupt the restriction of infection in these individuals, ultimately leading to severe complications of COVID-19. SP - 157 EP - 162 AU - Taghinejad, Zahra AU - Asgharzadeh, Mohammad AU - Mahdavi Poor, Behroz AU - Asgharzadeh, Vahid AU - Samadi Kafil, Hossein AU - Rashedi, Jalil AD - Biotechnology Research Center and Faculty of Paramedicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran KW - COVID-19 KW - Iron deficiency anemia KW - Immune system KW - Respiratory system KW - Infection UR - http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-463-en.html DO - 10.52547/JoMMID.10.4.157 ER -