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Short Communication
Vitamin D bring immunological
protection in a pandemic response to
Gripal viruses? A critical analysis
Eliza Miranda Ramos
1-4
*, Francisco José Mendes dos Reis
1-3
,
Hugo Vieira Ramos
2
, Igor Domingos de Souza
1-3
, Liliane de Mello
Santos Bochenek
1,2
, Alessandro Carvalho da Fonseca
5
and Valter
Aragão do Nascimento
1-3
1
Post Graduate Program in Health and Development in the Midwest Region, Dr. Hélio Mandetta
Medical School, Federal University of Matogrosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
2
Federal University of Matogrosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
3
Laboratory of Mineral Metabolism and Biomaterials, Dr. Hélio Mandetta Medical School, Federal
University of Matogrosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
4
Brazil Foundation, CAPES, Brazil
5
Brazilian Hospital Services Company, UFGD, Brazil
More Information
*Address for Correspondence: Eliza Miranda
Ramos, Post-Graduate Program in Health and
Development in the Midwest Region, Dr. Hélio
Mandetta Medical School, Federal University of
Matogrosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil,
Tel: +55**67-99948-0071;
Email: elizamirandaramos@gmail.com
Submitted: 16 March 2020
Approved: 06 April 2020
Published: 07 April 2020
How to cite this article: Ramos EM, Mendes dos
Reis FJ, Ramos MV, de Souza ID, Bochenek LDS,
et al. Vitamin D bring immunological protection
in a pandemic response to Gripal viruses? A
critical analysis. Int J Clin Virol. 2020; 4: 023-026.
DOI: 10.29328/journal.ijcv.1001010
ORCiD: orcid.org/0000-0003-2683-636X
Copyright: © 2020 Ramos EM, et al. This is
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reproduction in any medium, provided the
original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Immune system; Vaccine; Vitamin D;
Flu
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Introduction
When carrying out an analysis over time in the history of
pandemics such as the “Spanish Flu” it is possible to verify
the high occurrence in the period from 1918 to 1920 [1].
For example, in the northern hemisphere, recent documents
related to records of pandemic waves in the United States
of America and Norway in the spring of 1918 in the months
referring to February to April were mild and had low mortality,
started in military populations and did not spread to civilian
populations [1,2].
However, it was in the period of 1918 [1], speciϐically in the
months of May to September, at that time morbidity occurred
in a characteristically urban area in countries well connected
with transport, in relation to rural areas it is possible to verify
that isolated areas managed to have little pandemic incidence.
But it was in the year 1919 [2], speciϐically in the months of
January to March, that several isolated regions that had not
previously had contagions were affected with devastating
consequences [1,2].
Speciϐically in the year of the 1918 the H1N1 virus was
responsible for pandemics during the winter and autumn
wave periods in the United States [1]. What is observed in
this period in relation to viral development is the presence
of information regarding geographic factors and the host
responsible with speciϐic patterns related to age and sex with
morbidity, mortality and fatality per wave [1,2].
However, viruses have continued to emerge and bring
challenges to the global public health system with emerging
viruses with respiratory contagion, for example, in 2002
the coronavirus (CoV) of a viral family, known since the
1960s which is the cause of infection breathing in humans
and animals has brought problems to human health [1].
Coronavirus causes mild to moderate respiratory illness and
the symptoms are equivalent to a common cold. Generally the
coronaviruses that infect humans are the alpha coronavirus
229E, NL63 and beta coronavirus OC43 and HKU1 types [3-7].
In addition, the coronavirus can develop as the disease
worsens due to a genetic environmental depression of the
Abstract
In the evolutionary journey of humanity, it is possible to verify an analysis of pandemics with
high occurrences. This study aims to conduct a critical analysis of the role of Vitamin D as an
endogenous vaccine in the main viruses present in humanity over the decades. To construct this
text, we used the short review methodology through a critical analysis. This study demonstrated
the importance of using Vitamin D as an endogenous vaccine when used frequently in both
healthcare professionals and patients. Therefore, it is concluded that Vitamin acts protectively in
the innate immune system.