Gjorgjieva, T.
Chaloemtoem, A.
Shahin, T.
Bayaraa, O.
Dieng, M. M.
Alshaikh, M.
Abdalbaqi, M.
Del Monte, J.
Begum, G.
Leonor, C.
Manikandan, V.
Drou, N.
Arshad, M.
Arnoux, M.
Kumar, N.
Jabari, A.
Abdulle, A.
ElGhazali, G.
Ali, R.
Shaheen, S. Y.
Abdalla, J.
Piano, F.
Gunsalus, K. C.
Daggag, H.
Al Nahdi, H.
Abuzeid, H.
Idaghdour, Y.
Article History
Received: 23 March 2023
Accepted: 10 May 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
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: The blood samples and clinical records were obtained from Al Ain Hospital, Al Rahba Hospital, Mafraq Hospital and Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. All patients signed an informed consent to participate in the study before sample donation. The study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) (HRPP-2020-59) and the Abu Dhabi COVID-19 Research International Review Board Committee of the Department of Health (Ref no: DOH/CVDC/2020/874). This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.