How can clinical immunology laboratories contribute to the management of severe COVID-19 cases in limited resource contexts?

摘要

Since its appearance, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that is caused by severe acute respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been responsible for severe respiratory disease similar to diseases commonly associated with the coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome; COVID-19 frequently requires hospitalisation in the intensive care unit and has had a high mortality rate.1 The severity of COVID-19 is generally stratified as asymptomatic, mild (without signs of severe or critical illness), severe (with signs of breathing difficulties) or critical (with signs of respiratory failure, shock and multiple organ failure).2