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Chitin‐lipid interactions and the potential relationship between Demodex and SARS‐CoV‐2
- Source :
- Dermatologic Therapy
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.
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Abstract
- Already from the early days of the COVID‐19 pandemic, regulatory agencies have attempted to ascertain the possible routes of SARS‐CoV‐2 viral transmission. It is hypothesized that the lipid bilayer that surrounds the SARS‐CoV‐2 improves its ability to remain stable on sebum‐rich skin and serves as another possible route of contracting the virus. One possible aspect of these observations that has yet to be explored in detail is what role arthropods that have been associated with human skin infestation, such as Demodecidae or Pyemotidae species, play in viral transmission. It seems likely that arthropod‐coronavirus interactions may take place through the molecular attraction forces between the chitin found on the exoskeleton of mites commonly found on human skin and the lipids present on the viral envelope of the SARS‐CoV‐2. We believe this may mean that arthropods are currently an overlooked cofactor in viral infection which may have some important biomedical implications for both prevention and treatment.
- Subjects :
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
viruses
Viral transmission
Chitin
Dermatology
Demodex
Virus
SARS‐CoV‐2
Microbiology
Short Papers
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Viral envelope
Medicine
Short Paper
Humans
Pandemics
biology
integumentary system
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Lipids
Pyemotidae
chemistry
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15298019 and 13960296
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dermatologic Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b242932de720f079f8480f54fea2b50