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Review
. 2021:1321:163-172.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_14.

Overview of the Haematological Effects of COVID-19 Infection

T M Wiggill  1 , E S Mayne  2 , J L Vaughan  3 , S Louw  3
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Review

Overview of the Haematological Effects of COVID-19 Infection

T M Wiggill et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021.

Abstract

From its early origins, COVID-19 has spread extensively and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March of 2020. Although initially thought to be predominantly a respiratory infection, more recent evidence points to a multisystem systemic disease which is associated with numerous haematological and immunological disturbances in addition to its other effects. Here we review the current knowledge on the haematological effects of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Haematology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunology; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Tuberculosis.

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