April 7, 2020

Immune-epidemiological parameters of the novel coronavirus – a perspective.

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• This article discusses the epidemiological dynamics of COVID-19 with the aim of understanding the ability and inability of the immune system to combat COVID-19. Transmission may be influenced by the host-related factors that are known to be associated with immune dysregulation.

• The article also mentions that finding immune biomarkers that can distinguish severe-to-critical from mild-to-moderate infection would help to designate targets for immunotherapy of COVID-19.

Saghazadeh & Rezaei (Apr 6, 2020). Immune-epidemiological parameters of the novel coronavirus – a perspective. Expert Rev Clin Immun. https://doi.org/10.1080/1744666X.2020.1750954