Immunoglobulin G production in COVID-19 - associations with age, outcome, viral persistence, inflammation and pro-thrombotic markers

• Main Authors: Anita Pirabe (Author), Waltraud C. Schrottmaier (Author), Stefan Heber (Author), Anna Schmuckenschlager (Author), Sonja Treiber (Author), David Pereyra (Author), Jonas Santol (Author), Erich Pawelka (Author), Marianna Traugott (Author), Christian Schörgenhofer (Author), Tamara Seitz (Author), Mario Karolyi (Author), Bernd Jilma (Author), Ulrike Resch (Author), Alexander Zoufaly (Author), Alice Assinger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Age represents the major risk factor for fatal disease outcome in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to age-related changes in immune responses. On the one hand lymphocyte counts continuously decline with advancing age, on the other hand somatic hyper-mutations of B-lymphocytes and levels of class-s...