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The role of host genetics in the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity.
Immunological reviews - 1 Jul 2020
Ovsyannikova Inna G, Haralambieva Iana H, Crooke Stephen N, Poland Gregory A, Kennedy Richard B
Abstract excerpt
This article provides a review of studies evaluating the role of host (and viral) genetics (including variation in HLA genes) in the immune response to coronaviruses, as well as the clinical outcome of coronavirus-mediated disease. The initial sections focus on seasonal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV. We then examine the state of the knowledge regarding genetic polymorphisms and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19....
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