A similar predominance of EM as well as T-effector memory cells re-expressing CD45RA (TEMRA) was also seen in CD8+ T-cells from the B-cell depleted lymphoma patient with uncomplicated COVID-19 (Patient no. 6) and in CD8+ T-cells from control patients, all collected at later time points of the disease (Fig. 3E). Here, CD8A is linked to COVID-19.