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Gut microbiota in a population highly affected by obesity and type 2 diabetes and susceptibility to COVID-19
World J Gastroenterol. 2021 Nov 7;27(41):7065-7079. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i41.7065.ABSTRACTCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease produced by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and it is currently causing a catastrophic pandemic affecting humans worldwide. This disease has been lethal for approximately 3.12 million people around the world since January 2020. Globally, among the most affected countries, Mexico ranks third in deaths after the United States of America and Brazil. Although the high number of deceased people might also be explained by social aspects and lifestyle customs in Me...
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - December 10, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Jaime Garc ía-Mena Karina Corona-Cervantes Daniel Cuervo-Zanatta Tizziani Benitez-Guerrero Juan Manuel V élez-Ixta Norma Gabriela Zavala-Torres Loan Edel Villalobos-Flores Fernando Hern ández-Quiroz Claudia Perez-Cruz Selvasankar Murugesan Fernando Gua Source Type: research

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis C diagnosis in Brazil: Is the global hepatitis C elimination strategy at risk?
We have read with interest the article by Blach et al. evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on global hepatitis C elimination efforts. A delay in elimination programs will be associated with an increase in global morbidity and mortality related to hepatitis C over the next 10 years [1]. The emergence of the new coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, at the end of 2019, placed great pressure on healthcare systems worldwide. In Brazil, the first case of COVID-19 was registered on February 26, 2020 [2]; since then, the country has been one of the main pandemic epicenters, ranking third in number of cases and second in number of deaths worldwide [3].
Source: Journal of Hepatology - August 23, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Risk stratification and geographical mapping of Brazilian inflammatory bowel disease patients during the COVID-19 outbreak: Results from a nationwide survey
CONCLUSION: This study indicates a distinct geographical distribution of IBD patients at highest risk for COVID-19 complications in different states of the country, which may reflect contrasting socioeconomic, educational and healthcare aspects. No association between high risk of IBD and COVID-related mortality rates was identified.PMID:33828396 | PMC:PMC8006093 | DOI:10.3748/wjg.v27.i12.1226
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology - April 8, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Nat ália Sousa Freitas Queiroz F ábio Vieira Teixeira Marina Pamponet Motta Liliana Andrade Chebli Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino Camilla de Almeida Martins Abel Botelho Quaresma Alexandre Augusto de Paula da Silva Ad érson Omar Mourão Cintra Damião Rog Source Type: research

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