Contributors
Muhammad M. AbdelGhaffar: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Dalia Omran:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-6955
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Ahmed Elgebaly: Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Eshak I. Bahbah: Role: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Shimaa Afify: Role: Writing – review & editing
Mohamed AlSoda: Role: Resources
Mohamed El-Shiekh: Role: Resources
Enass S. ElSayed: Role: MethodologyRole: Resources
Soha S. Shaaban: Role: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Samah AbdelHafez: Role: Resources
Khaled Elkelany: Role: MethodologyRole: Resources
Ayman A. Eltayar: Role: MethodologyRole: Resources
Omnia S. Ali: Role: MethodologyRole: Resources
Lamiaa Kamal: Role: MethodologyRole: Resources
Ahmed M. Heiba: Role: Methodology
Ahmad El Askary: Role: Writing – review & editing
Hend Ibrahim Shousha:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0928-4738
Role: MethodologyRole: Writing – original draft
Prasenjit Mitra: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
11
January
2022
Publication date Collection: 2022
Publication date PMC-release: 11
January
2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0262348
Affiliations
[1
]
Gastroenterology & Infectious Diseases Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital,
Cairo, Egypt
[2
]
General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI), Cairo, Egypt
[3
]
Endemic medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
[4
]
Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
[5
]
Gastroenterology Department, National Hepatology and Tropical medicine Research Institute,
Cairo, Egypt
[6
]
Chest unit, Matareya Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
[7
]
Nephrology Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
[8
]
Rheumatology department, El Matareya Educational Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
[9
]
Pediatric departement, Shebin Elkom Teaching Hospital, Shebin Elkom, Egypt
[10
]
Intensive care Department, Damanhour Teaching Hospital, Damanhour, Egypt
[11
]
Clinical and chemical pathology department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo,
Egypt
[12
]
Clinical and chemical pathology department, Sahel General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
[13
]
Internal Medicine Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
[14
]
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif
University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, INDIA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-08067
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262348
PMC ID: 8752027
PubMed ID: 35015782
SO-VID: 671a19e4-24c8-4602-b812-614d834b1977
Copyright © © 2022 AbdelGhaffar et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 11
March
2021
Date
accepted
: 22
December
2021
Page count
Figures: 2,
Tables: 4,
Pages: 15
Funding
The authors acknowledge the support of Taif University Researchers Supporting Project
number (TURSP-2020/82), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Viral Diseases
Subject:
Covid 19
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmaceutics
Subject:
Drug Therapy
Subject:
Cardiovascular Therapy
Subject:
Anticoagulant Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Endocrine Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Metabolic Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmaceutics
Subject:
Dose Prediction Methods
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Population Biology
Subject:
Population Metrics
Subject:
Death Rates
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Immune Physiology
Subject:
Cytokines
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune System
Subject:
Innate Immune System
Subject:
Cytokines
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune System
Subject:
Innate Immune System
Subject:
Cytokines
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Developmental Biology
Subject:
Molecular Development
Subject:
Cytokines
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Response
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Chemical Compounds
Subject:
Organic Compounds
Subject:
Steroids
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Organic Chemistry
Subject:
Organic Compounds
Subject:
Steroids
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