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cord-350749-ihkxouz8	Panda, Aditya K	Plasmodium falciparum Infection May Protect a Population from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection	2020-07-29		.txt	text/plain	747	51	39	title: Plasmodium falciparum Infection May Protect a Population from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection The authors have suggested that prior exposure of children to coronavirus OC43 offers protection against severe COVID-19 phenotype by possible crossimmunity. These observations encouraged us to investigate the possible role of Plasmodium infection on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection or severity. Based on these observations on Plasmodium infection and positive-strand RNA viruses, we hypothesized that there could be a possible association between malaria and SARS-CoV-2 infection. To validate our observation, we investigated the prevalence of COVID-19 in the Plasmodium falciparum-endemic area of Odisha, India, Odisha is highly endemic for P. falciparum for the last 10 years (2010-2019) from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program and COVID-19 infection status in Odisha from the government of Odisha website (see https://health. Naturally-occurring anti-alphagalactosyl antibodies in human Plasmodium falciparum infections-a possible role for autoantibodies in malaria	./cache/cord-350749-ihkxouz8.txt	./txt/cord-350749-ihkxouz8.txt