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            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
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            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.18.4.41</article-id>
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                <article-title>Influence of Vitamin D Status and the VDR Gene Polymorphism on COVID-19 Susceptibility and Outcome</article-title>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Mohamed</surname>
                        <given-names>Amal Ahmed</given-names>
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                        <surname>Baiomy</surname>
                        <given-names>Nivin Naeem</given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Rawy</surname>
                        <given-names>Abeer M.</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Ghanem</surname>
                        <given-names>Mona M.F.</given-names>
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                        <surname>Abd El Salam</surname>
                        <given-names>Soha M.</given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Nasraldin</surname>
                        <given-names>Karima</given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Ezz Al Arab</surname>
                        <given-names>Mohamed Ramadan</given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Samir</surname>
                        <given-names>Hussein H.</given-names>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Azzam</surname>
                        <given-names>Omar Mohamoud</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Muharram</surname>
                        <given-names>Nashwa M.</given-names>
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                        <surname>Elsalway</surname>
                        <given-names>Naglaa</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Elamir</surname>
                        <given-names>Ahmed Y.</given-names>
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                        <surname>Swed</surname>
                        <given-names>Sarya</given-names>
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                        <surname>Hafez</surname>
                        <given-names>Wael</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Salas-Matta</surname>
                        <given-names>Luis A.</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Rodriguez-Morales</surname>
                        <given-names>Alfonso J.</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Bonilla-Aldana</surname>
                        <given-names>D. Katterine</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Abu Serhan</surname>
                        <given-names>Hashem</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Sah</surname>
                        <given-names>Sanjit</given-names>
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                    <name>
                        <surname>Mehta</surname>
                        <given-names>Rachana</given-names>
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          <aff id="aff-1">Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-2">Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-3">Chest Diseases, Department of Chest-Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-4">Internal Medicine Department, National Search Center, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-5">Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, Suez, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-6">Faculty of Biotechnology, Modern Science and Arts University, Giza, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-7">Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt</aff>
          <aff id="aff-8">Nephrology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-9">Internal Medicine Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-10">Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shibin el-Kom, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-11">Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-12">Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-13">Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-14">Internal Medicine Department, The National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-15">Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima 4861, Peru.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-16">Grupo de Investigacion Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas-Institucion Universitaria Vision de las Americas, Pereira 660003, Risaralda, Colombia.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-17">Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanan.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-18">Research Unit, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-19">Department of Ophthalmology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-20">Department of Paediatrics, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-21">Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-22">SR Sanjeevani Hospital, Kalyanpur, Siraha 56517, Nepal.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-23">Dr. Lal PathLabs Nepal, Chandol, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.</aff>
          <aff id="aff-24">Clinical Microbiology, RDC, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, India.</aff>

			 
			 			
			
            <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-26">
                <day>26</day>
				<month>11</month>
                <year>2024</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>18</volume>
            <issue>4</issue>
            <fpage>2688</fpage>
            <lpage>2702</lpage>
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                <copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2024 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
                <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiologyjournal.org/influence-of-vitamin-d-status-and-the-vdr-gene-polymorphism-on-covid-19-susceptibility-and-outcome/"/>
            <abstract>
                <p>Insufficient vitamin D levels in the bloodstream, together with the presence of specific genetic variations known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the VDR gene, have consistently been linked to a higher likelihood of contracting and experiencing more severe forms of various diseases such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to explore the potential relationship between vitamin D levels, Bsml and FOKI polymorphisms, and COVID-19 infection outcomes. A case-control study was conducted with COVID-19 patients and a control group of non-COVID-19 patients (n = 107 each). The associations between vitamin D status, polymorphisms, and COVID susceptibility were investigated. Participants diagnosed with COVID-19 exhibited an average age of 48.84 ± 12.18, while non-COVID-19 patients had an average age of 46.82 ± 9.903. Disease severity, assessed by the CT severity score, showed a negative correlation with the Vitamin D levels. Among participants with COVID-19, the mean level of vitamin D was 35.25 ± 9.40 ng/mL while non-COVID-19 patients showed 38.85 ± 9.40 ng/mL with a significant difference (p = 0.004**) although among COVID-19 cases, 87 (81.3%) individuals had sufficient vitamin D levels and non-severity of disease was more common i.e. 54 (50.5%) among the COVID patients who had sufficient level of Vitamin D. The study found no significant association between Vitamin D levels and rs1544410 Bsml polymorphism (p = 0.429). However, it is important to highlight a weak significant association observed between with Fok1 polymorphism (p = 0.049). These findings underscore the weak influence of genetic factors, particularly VDR Fok1 gene variants, in shaping an individual’s susceptibility to COVID-19. A significant difference in vitamin D status was observed between the COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 groups and lower level was observed in the COVID-19 infected patients. Furthermore, a weak significant association was observed between Fok1 rs2228570 genotype and COVID-19 susceptibility. Larger sample sizes are required to comprehensively understand the association between different genotypes and COVID-19 outcomes.</p>
		</abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Vitamin D</kwd>
        <kwd>COVID-19</kwd>
        <kwd>rs2228750</kwd>
        <kwd>Fok1</kwd>
        <kwd>rs1544410</kwd>
        <kwd>Bsm1</kwd>
        <kwd>Genotyping Frequency</kwd>
        <kwd>Alleles Frequency</kwd>
        <kwd>Genetic Polymorphisms</kwd>
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