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. 2022 Jul 30;23(15):8485. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158485
ACE2 angiotensin-converting enzyme-2
ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme
ACE1 angiotensin-converting enzyme 1
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
Alpha English variant B.1.1.7
Anti-RBD IgG Immunogloublin G anti receptor-binding domain
Anti-Spike test igg anti-Spike
BAU unità arbitrarie vincolanti
Beta variant (former of South Africa)
BMI body mass index
CI intervallo di confidenza
CLIAs chemiluminescence immunoassay
CRP C-reactive protein
Delta Indian variant B.1.617.2
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMA European Medicines Agency
ETA variant B.1.525; date of designation Mar-2021
Gamma Brasilian variant P.1
hACE2 receptor human angiotensin I-converting enzyme 2 receptor
IFN Interferon
IgA Immunoglobulins A
IgG Immunoglobulins G
IgM Immunoglobulins M
IOTA variant B.1.526; earliest documented samples USA (Nov-2020), date of designation Mar-2021
IQR interquartile range
KAPPA Indian variant B.1.617.1
LAMBA variant C.37; earliest documented samples Peru (Aug-2020), date of designation June 2021
LFIAs lateral flow immunoassays.
MERS Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
MMF mycophenolate mofetil
MPA mycophenolic acid
MPPDH inosine-5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase
NAAT nucleic acid amplification test
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
bNAbs Broadly neutralizing antibodies
N-IgG anti-N-IgG
PRD viral prion-like domain
RBD receptor-binding domain
RBDs receptor-binding domains
RDB-IgG receptor-binding domain neutralizing antibodies
RT-PCR real-time PCR Polymerase chain reaction
S Spike glycoprotein
SARS-CoV-1 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 1
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (COVID-19)
SARSr-CoV Rp3 salivar protein similar to fused 8a and 8b SARS-CoV Beta Coronavirus
S-IgG anti-Spike IgG
thio-NAD thionicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide
TNF tumor necrosis factor
VIPIT prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia
VOC variants of concern
VOI variants of interest
ZETA variant P.2