In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, important insights
have been gained into virus biology and the host factors that modulate the human immune …

INTRODUCTION—Coronaviruses are important human and animal pathogens. At the end of
2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in …

The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

Obesity is a major risk factor for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) severity; however, the
mechanisms underlying this relationship are not fully understood. As obesity influences the …

Since 2020, COVID-19 has caused serious mortality around the world. Given the ambiguity
in establishing COVID-19 as the direct cause of death, we first investigate the effects of age …

During the last three years, since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant
number of scientific publications have focused on resolving susceptibility to the infection, as …

Undoubtedly, genetic factors play an important role in susceptibility and resistance to COVID-
19. In this study, we conducted the GWAS analysis. Out of 15,489,173 SNPs, we identified …

COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 is considered catastrophic because it affects
multiple organs, particularly those of the respiratory tract. Although the consequences of this …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariants are
expected to be resistant to Bebtelovimab (BEB) monoclonal antibody (MAb) and the real …