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A case report describing the immune response of an infant with congenital heart disease and severe COVID-19
- Source :
- Communications Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2021.
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Abstract
- Wurzel et al. describe the kinetics of the immune response in relation to clinical and virological features in a 5-month old infant with congenital heart disease and severe COVID-19. The immune response was characterised by an elevated inflammatory response in the acute phase of infection, followed by Th2 skewing and prolonged T cell activation.
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2730664X
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.539146c00b4f4971b5652d9fc162ec20
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00047-7