Article
Genome-wide association study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates.
EBioMedicine - 1 Dec 2021
Mousa Mira, Vurivi Hema, Kannout Hussein, Uddin Maimunah, Alkaabi Nawal, Mahboub Bassam, Tay Guan K, Alsafar Habiba S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The heterogeneity in symptomatology and phenotypic profile attributable to COVID-19 is widely unknown. The objective of this manuscript is to conduct a trans-ancestry genome wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of COVID-19 severity to improve the understanding of potentially causal targets for SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited 646 participants in the UAE that were...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- COVID-19
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Inflammation
