Published on in Vol 10, No 3 (2021): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21242, first published .
Improving the Understanding of the Immunopathogenesis of Lymphopenia as a Correlate of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk and Disease Progression in African Patients: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study

Improving the Understanding of the Immunopathogenesis of Lymphopenia as a Correlate of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk and Disease Progression in African Patients: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study

Improving the Understanding of the Immunopathogenesis of Lymphopenia as a Correlate of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk and Disease Progression in African Patients: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study

Bamidele Abiodun Iwalokun   1 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Adesola Olalekan   2 , PhD ;   Eyitayo Adenipekun   2 , PhD ;   Olabisi Ojo   3 , PhD ;   Senapon Olusola Iwalokun   4 , MBBS ;   Bamidele Mutiu   5 , MD ;   Oluseyi Orija   6 , MPH ;   Richard Adegbola   7 , PhD ;   Babatunde Salako   1 , MD ;   Oluyemi Akinloye   2 , PhD

1 Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

3 Department of Natural Sciences, Albany State University, Georgia, GA, United States

4 Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos, Nigeria

5 Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Medicine, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria

6 Department of Public Health, National University, San Diego, CA, United States

7 Microbiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria

Corresponding Author:

  • Bamidele Abiodun Iwalokun, BSc, MSc, PhD
  • Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
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  • Nigeria
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