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Increased complement activation is a distinctive feature of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

Lina Ma, Sanjaya K. Sahu, Marlene Cano and 28 more

Science Immunology · 2021 · CC BY

doi:10.1101/2021.02.22.432177

Abstract

Increased complement activation is observed in COVID-19 compared with non-COVID respiratory illness and is a key marker of organ failure.

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