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Genetic variants are identified to increase risk of COVID-19 related mortality from UK Biobank data.
Human genomics - 3 Feb 2021
Hu Jianchang, Li Cai, Wang Shiying, Li Ting, Zhang Heping
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BACKGROUND: The severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly heterogeneous. Studies have reported that males and some ethnic groups are at increased risk of death from COVID-19, which implies that individual risk of death might be influenced by host genetic factors. METHODS: In this project, we consider the mortality as the...
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