Cleo Anastassopoulou, Ph.D., and Athanasios Tsakris, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.Path.
Dr. Anastassopoulou is an Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology at the Laboratory of Microbiology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece; Dr. Tsakris is a Professor of Clinical Microbiology and the Director of the Department of Microbiology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Within the past 12 months, Drs. Anastassopoulou and Tsakris have nothing to disclose relevant to this activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center CCPD staff and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose relevant to this activity.
Release Date: 01/10/2021
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
List and discuss genetic factors potentially associated with differing susceptibility to COVID-19;
Discuss gene variants and relevant biological mechanisms that are important at different disease stages as well as points of potential pharmaceutic intervention;
List and discuss genetic factors potentially associated with severe COVID-19;
Explain why the disease course is typically more severe in males and benign in children.
