Related Articles Coronaviruses and immunosuppressed patients The facts during the third epidemic Liver Transpl 2020 Mar 20 Authors D Antiga L Abstract Following the outbreak in China the Lombardy region of Italy has become one of the areas of highest incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 SARS CoV 2 As the outbreak grew to a pandemic many centres worldwide raised the concern that immunocompromised patients may be at high risk of developing a severe respiratory disease called COVID 19 Unlike common viral agents such as Adenovirus Rhinovirus Norovirus Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus Coronaviruses have not shown to cause a more severe disease in immunosuppressed patients For this family of viruses the host innate immune response appears the main driver of lung tissue damage during infection PMID 32196933 PubMed as supplied by publisher