Interleukin-17, a salivary biomarker for COVID-19 severity

• Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Shirin Hafezi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Bushra Mdkhana,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Hawra Ali Hussain Alsayed,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Abdul Wahid Ansari,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dermatology Institute, Translational Research Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

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• Bassam Mahboub,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Adel M. Zakeri,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamad-Hani Temsah,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Research Lab, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Walid Zahir,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations G42 Health Care, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Institute of Public Health, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Qutayba Hamid,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Rabih Halwani

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhalwani@sharjah.ac.ae

  Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Celiac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-7771

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