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Evaluation of relationship between TMPRSS2 p.(Val197Met) variant and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity.
BMC infectious diseases - 22 Jan 2024
Bashar Nora Ahmed Saleh, Gohar Nadida Mohammed Abdel-Hamid, Tantawy Ahmed A, Kamel Mai Hamed Mohamed
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BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has killed millions of people and had a terrible effect on society. The transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) enzyme is essential in the initial phases of the interplay between the SARSCoV-2 and the host cells...
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