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Host genetic effects in pneumonia.
American journal of human genetics - 7 Jan 2021
Chen Hung-Hsin, Shaw Douglas M, Petty Lauren E, Graff Misa, Bohlender Ryan J, Polikowsky Hannah G, Zhong Xue, Kim Daeeun, Buchanan Victoria L, Preuss Michael H, Shuey Megan M, Loos Ruth J F, Huff Chad D, Cox Nancy J, Bastarache Julie A, Bastarache Lisa, North Kari E, Below Jennifer E
Abstract excerpt
Given the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, investigations into host susceptibility to infectious diseases and downstream sequelae have never been more relevant. Pneumonia is a lung disease that can cause respiratory failure and hypoxia and is a common complication of infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Few genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of host susceptibility and severity of pneumonia...
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