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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021

Clinical, Virological, Immunological, and Genomic Characterization of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Cases With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in India.

Sanchari Chatterjee, Ankita Datey, Soumya Sengupta, Arup Ghosh, Atimukta Jha, Safal Walia, Sharad Singh, Sandhya Suranjika, Gargee Bhattacharya, Eshna Laha and 14 more

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanchari ChatterjeeInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Ankita DateyInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Soumya SenguptaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Arup GhoshInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Atimukta JhaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Safal WaliaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Sharad SinghInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Sandhya SuranjikaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Gargee BhattacharyaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Eshna LahaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Supriya Suman KeshryInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Amrita RayInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Sweta Smita PaniInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Amol Ratnakar SuryawanshiInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Rupesh DashInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Shantibhusan SenapatiInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Tushar K BeuriaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Gulam Hussain SyedInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Punit PrasadInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Sunil Kumar RaghavInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Satish DevadasInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Rajeeb K SwainInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Soma ChattopadhyayInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Ajay ParidaInfectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Institute of Life Sciences · INRegional Centre for Biotechnology · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The current global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), led to the investigation with clinical, biochemical, immunological, and genomic characterization from patients to understand the pathophysiology of viral infection. Methods: Samples were collected from six asymptomatic and six symptomatic SARS-CoV-2-confirmed hospitalized patients in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Clinical details, biochemical parameters, and treatment regimen were collected from a hospital; viral load was determined by RT-PCR; and the levels of cytokines and circulating antibodies in plasma were assessed by Bio-Plex and isotyping, respectively. In addition, whole-genome sequencing of viral strains and mutational analysis were carried out. Results: Analysis of the biochemical parameters highlighted the increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum SGPT, serum SGOT, and ferritin in symptomatic patients. Symptomatic patients were mostly with one or more comorbidities, especially type 2 diabetes (66.6%). The virological estimation revealed that there was no significant difference in viral load of oropharyngeal (OP) samples between the two groups. On the other hand, viral load was higher in plasma and serum samples of symptomatic patients, and they develop sufficient amounts of antibodies (IgG, IgM, and IgA). The levels of seven cytokines (IL-6, IL-1α, IP-10, IL-8, IL-10, IFN-α2, IL-15) were found to be highly elevated in symptomatic patients, while three cytokines (soluble CD40L, GRO, and MDC) were remarkably higher in asymptomatic patients. The whole-genome sequence analysis revealed that the current isolates were clustered with 19B, 20A, and 20B clades; however, 11 additional changes in Orf1ab, spike, Orf3a, Orf8, and nucleocapsid proteins were acquired. The D614G mutation in spike protein is linked with higher virus replication efficiency and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection as three patients had higher viral load, and among them, two patients with this mutation passed away. Conclusions: This is the first comprehensive study of SARS-CoV-2 patients from India. This will contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection and thereby advance the implementation of effective disease control strategies.

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COVID-19Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2GenomicsHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2asymptomatic and symptomatic patientsCOVID-19cytokinesD614G mutationdisease severitySARS-CoV-2

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