Allergic Diseases and Clinical Immunology

COVID-19 and Immunodeficiency

Corona viruses a type of virus that causes respiratory disorder such as the common cold to more   acute diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Majority of people with immune deficiencies and those on immune-suppressing drugs are immune compromised, putting them at a higher risk of respiratory diseases. The most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency in adults is common element immunodeficiency. Affected patients do not establish an adequate humoral react to community-acquired viral illnesses, and recent researches have found evidence that these patients are more susceptible to severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. The injection of COVID-19 convalescent plasma could be varying in treatment technique in this case.

• Primary immunodeficiency
• SARS-CoV-2
• COVID-19 convalescent plasma
• Genetic defects
• Covid-19 Alpha variant