Porto Canal // José Laerte Boechat Guest of “Mentes que Brilham”

José Laerte Boechat was in the program “Mentes que Brilham“, from Porto Canal”, to talk about his research work on allergic asthma in children and COVID-19.

Contrary to popular belief, children with asthma may actually be better protected due to a number of factors that allow them to better combat SARS-COV-2, even among those who also suffer from obesity.

The review, coordinated by Luís Delgado, has been reported in several media.

José Laerte Boechat is a researcher at CINTESIS – Center for Health Technologies and Services Research and professor at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. He is currently doing his post-doctoral research project at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP).

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