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cord-344308-ijrze203	Bezzerri, Valentino	Does cystic fibrosis constitute an advantage in COVID-19 infection?	2020-10-06		.txt	text/plain	1148	66	47	Moreover, respiratory viruses were generally associated with severe pulmonary impairment in cystic fibrosis (CF). [5] Because of the risk factors of chronic lung disease and host hyper-immune status, one would surmise that CF patients would be at an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19 illness. We conducted a retrospective study of 532 CF patients followed at the Cystic Fibrosis Center of Verona, Italy. All patients tested in this study reported symptoms consistent with respiratory infection and were hospitalized at Cystic Fibrosis Center of Verona. From 1 April to 23 July 2020, we contacted all the 532 patients from Veneto, of whom 118 subjects (22.2%), with a median age of 32.4 years (range 0.12-65.3 years), undergone further combined nose and throat swab test for SARS-CoV-2. Our data show instead that the prevalence of COVID-19 in CF population of one of the Italian region most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, namely Veneto region, is reduced compared with general population.	./cache/cord-344308-ijrze203.txt	./txt/cord-344308-ijrze203.txt