Does Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length and Higher Physical Fitness Protect Master Athletes From Consequences of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Infection?

Herbert Gustavo Simoes; Thiago Santos Rosa; Caio Victor Sousa; Samuel da Silva Aguiar; Daisy Motta-Santos; Hans Degens; Marko T. Korhonen; Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell

doi:10.3389/fspor.2020.00087

Does Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length and Higher Physical Fitness Protect Master Athletes From Consequences of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Infection?

Herbert Gustavo Simoes
, Thiago Santos Rosa
, Caio Victor Sousa
, Samuel da Silva Aguiar
, Daisy Motta-Santos
, Hans Degens
, Marko T. Korhonen
, Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell

Health and Human Sciences

Northeastern University

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Original language	English
Article number	87
Number of pages	4
Journal	Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00087
State	Published - Jun 16 2020

Keywords

Covid-19
Aging
Coronavirus
Immune system
Older athlete
Quarantine
Telomere attrition

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Simoes, H. G., Rosa, T. S., Sousa, C. V., Aguiar, S. D. S., Motta-Santos, D., Degens, H., Korhonen, M. T., & Campbell, C. S. G. (2020). Does Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length and Higher Physical Fitness Protect Master Athletes From Consequences of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Infection? Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2, Article 87. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00087

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