Article
Correlation between interleukin gene polymorphisms and current prevalence and mortality rates due to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) in 23 countries.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2021
Karcioglu Batur Lutfiye, Hekim Nezih
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may rely on a potential genetic background for the variations in the inflammatory response. We aimed to investigate the possible correlation between polymorphisms in the IL-6 gene at rs1800796/rs1800795, in IL-6R at rs2228145, in...
Topics
- COVID-19
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
