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MHC Haplotyping of SARS-CoV-2 Patients: HLA Subtypes Are Not Associated with the Presence and Severity of COVID-19 in the Israeli Population.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2021
Ben Shachar Shay, Barda Noam, Manor Sigal, Israeli Sapir, Dagan Noa, Carmi Shai, Balicer Ran, Zisser Bracha, Louzoun Yoram
Abstract excerpt
HLA haplotypes were found to be associated with increased risk for viral infections or disease severity in various diseases, including SARS. Several genetic variants are associated with COVID-19 severity. Studies have proposed associations, based on a very small sample and a large number of tested HLA alleles, but no clear association between HLA and COVID-19 incidence or severity has been reported. We conducted...
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