Immune System, SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Development of COVID-19
Gaceta Medica Boliviana
; 44(2):214-218, 2021.
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in Spanish
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-1754325
ABSTRACT
The SARS-CoV-2 infection promotes a lack of control of the immune system with a predominance of a rapidly onset inflammatory response and the triggering of a cytokine storm. The objective of this review is to understand better the immune mechanisms and their lack of control activated by SARS-CoV-2. The activation of innate immunity against infection is the key factor for viral control or its progression towards COVID-19. The adaptive immune response is also disturbed by SARS-CoV-2, which enables a higher infection rate, as well as systemic immune lack of control that can trigger shock and tissue damage in different organs, death from COVID-19 or autoimmunity post-COVID-19. © 2021 Facultad de Medicina Dr. Aurelio Melean. All Rights Reserved.
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Spanish
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Gaceta Medica Boliviana
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2021
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