Supporting the Aspecific Physiological Defenses of Upper Airways against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Luca Cegolon; Giuseppe Mastrangelo; Saverio Bellizzi; Francesca Larese Filon; Cristiano Salata

doi:10.3390/pathogens12020211

Supporting the Aspecific Physiological Defenses of Upper Airways against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Pathogens. 2023 Jan 29;12(2):211. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020211.

Authors

Luca Cegolon^{1

2}, Giuseppe Mastrangelo³, Saverio Bellizzi⁴, Francesca Larese Filon^{1

2}, Cristiano Salata⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical, Surgical & Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34129 Trieste, Italy.
² Occupational Medicine Unit, University Health Agency Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), 34129 Trieste, Italy.
³ Senior Researcher, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy.
⁴ Independent Researcher, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy.

Abstract

The rapid rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021 sparked general optimism toward controlling the severe form of the disease, preventing hospitalizations and COVID-19-associated mortality, and the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection [...].

Publication types

Editorial