CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD
The aim of our analysis was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on the donor program and kidney transplantation in Slovakia and
to identify the risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 disease, as
well as the risk factors for COVID-19 fatalities, with focus on the
parameters preceding the infection. We compared morbidity and mortality
from COVID-19 before and after the proliferation of the alpha variant of
the virus and the same among transplant and hemodialysis patients in
Slovakia.