A Cross-Sectional Comparative Characterization of Hematological Changes in Patients with COVID-19 Infection, Non-COVID Influenza-like Illnesses and Healthy Controls.

Mansi KalaSohaib AhmadMeghali DhebaneKunal Das Manish RaturiMeghna TyagiAnuradha Kusum

Published in: Viruses (2022)

We demonstrated morphological changes in neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes in COVID-19 infection and also non-COVID-19 Influenza-like illnesses with the help of VCS parameters. A cutoff for the absolute neutrophils count was able to differentiate COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization from healthy controls and eosinopenia was a characteristic finding in cases with COVID-19 infection.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
peripheral blood
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
dendritic cells
immune response