COVID-19: Special Populations and Risk Factors

Dear Colleagues,

Since December 2019, severe acute coronavirus syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for COVID-19, has spread from Wuhan City (China) to other parts of the world. By 7 January 2021, 87.7 million cases had been diagnosed, leading to at least 1.8 million deaths.  In this current pandemic, special populations at a high risk of adverse outcome have been identified.

For this Special Issue, we invite researchers to contribute with articles describing the clinical features of the disease as well as the prognostic factors in special populations, such as very old patients, immunosuppressed patients, transplantation, health professional, nursing home residents, neoplasms and so on. We welcome papers addressing the relationship between risk factors of adverse outcome (fatality, complications, poor prognosis, acute severe respiratory distress, or acute respiratory failure) in special population and conditions affected by SARS-Cov2. We would appreciate research (original articles and reviews) examining the relation of adverse outcomes in special populations hospitalized with COVID-19

Dr. Jose-Manuel Ramos-Rincon
Guest Editor

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