Pneumonia and its sequelae, acute lung injury, present unique challenges for pulmonary
and critical care healthcare professionals, and these challenges have recently garnered …

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading on a global scale. To date,
there is no specific vaccine against the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, nor is there an …

The genetic make-up of an individual contributes to the susceptibility and response to viral
infection. Although environmental, clinical and social factors have a role in the chance of …

Humans differ in their susceptibility to infectious disease, partly owing to variation in the
immune response after infection. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to quantify variation …

The COVID-19 pandemic has accounted for millions of infections and hundreds of thousand
deaths worldwide in a short-time period. The patients demonstrate a great diversity in …

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned global health crisis of unprecedented magnitude,
claiming millions of lives and pushing healthcare systems in many countries to the brink …

Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose a major
public health threat especially in countries with low vaccination rates. To better understand …

Background and aims The interferon-induced transmembrane proteins play an important
antiviral role by preventing viruses from traversing the cellular lipid bilayer. IFITM3 gene …

An unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (CoV),
subsequently termed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, emerged in Wuhan City …

Host genetic polymorphisms are recognized as a critical determinant of diversity in clinical
symptoms of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Accordingly, this study aimed to …