COVID-19-related health outcomes in people with primary immunodeficiency: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: A better understanding of COVID-19 in people with primary immunodeficiency (PI), rare inherited defects in the immune system, is important for protecting this population, especially as population-wide approaches to mitigation change. COVID-19 outcomes in the PI population could have broader public health implications because some people with PI might be more likely to have extended illnesses, which could lead to increased transmission and emergence of variants. We performed a systematic review on COVID-19-associated morbidity and mortality in people with PI. Of the 1114 articles identified through the literature search, we included 68 articles in the review after removing 1046 articles because they were duplicates, did not involve COVID-19, did not involve PI, were not in English, were com

SUBMITTER: Drzymalla E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9375253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature