CHANGES IN CELLULAR AND HUMORAL IMMUNITY IN PREGNANT WOMEN INFECTED WITH COVID-19
*Musakhodjaeva Diloram A., Eshimbetova Gulsara Z., Mukhamedova Barno U., Azizova Zukhra Sh., Rustamova Nazokat B. and Kurbanova Sanobar Y.
ABSTRACT
According to the literature, pregnant women are more susceptible to coronavirus infection due to changes in their bodies, especially in the respiratory and immune systems. The aim of this study was to examine the cellular and humoral factors of adaptive immunity in pregnant women infected with COVID-19. Eighty-five pregnant women at 33-37 weeks of gestation with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis were examined. They were divided into two groups based on the severity of COVID-19: 56 women with moderate severity and 29 women with severe disease. The number of cells with phenotypes CD3, CD4, CD8, CD16 in peripheral blood, and levels of IgA, IgG, and IgM in serum were studied using the ELISA method. It was found that pregnant women with COVID-19 show a severity-dependent imbalance in the studied parameters of cellular and humoral immunity.
Keywords: COVID-19, pregnant women, cellular and humoral immunity.
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