SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Harvey W. Kaufman; Justin K. Niles; Martin H. Kroll; Caixia Bi; Michael F. Holick

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0239252

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SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Harvey W. Kaufman,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Informatics, Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, New Jersey, United States of America
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Justin K. Niles,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Informatics, Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, New Jersey, United States of America
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Martin H. Kroll,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Informatics, Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, New Jersey, United States of America
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Caixia Bi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Informatics, Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, New Jersey, United States of America
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Michael F. Holick

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mfholick@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-9062

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SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Harvey W. Kaufman,
Justin K. Niles,
Martin H. Kroll,
Caixia Bi,
Michael F. Holick

Published: September 17, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239252

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Mechanism? Cathelicidin?

Posted by BillSupple on 25 Sep 2020 at 16:51 GMT

Interesting that your findings suggest a role of Vitamin D in protection from acquiring COVID, from being infected. Is the antimicrobial agent cathelicidin as possible mechanism for this protective effect?

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Bill Supple

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