Bishwaranjan Purohit1, Aditya K Panda2. 1. C-209, DHPL Sahoo Residency, Near Mancheswar Railway Station, Gadakana, Bhubaneswar, 751017, India. 2. Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Khallikote University, Konisi, Berhampur, Odisha, 761008, India. adityarmrc@gmail.com.
Correction to: Human Cell 10.1007/s13577-021-00552-w
In the original publication of the article, the last three sentences in the first paragraph should be changed as below:In line with these observations, earlier independent studies from France, Italy, and China showed a lower prevalence of smokers among SARS-CoV-2 infected cases than healthy controls [3-5]. Interestingly, a meta-analysis of 13 published reports in Chinese cohorts also concluded the protective role of smoking against COVID-19infections [6]. These observations from different populations tempted us to investigate the possible link between smoking habits and the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in the Indian population.In addition, the fifth reference should be changed to sixth reference and vice versa as given below.