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The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is inherited from Neandertals
Hugo Zeberg; Svante Paabo.
Afiliação
  • Hugo Zeberg; Karolinska Institutet
  • Svante Paabo; Max-Planck-Inst, Leipzig
Preprint em Inglês | bioRxiv | ID: ppbiorxiv-186296
ABSTRACT
A recent genetic association study (Ellinghaus et al. 2020) identified a gene cluster on chromosome 3 as a risk locus for respiratory failure in SARS-CoV-2. Recent data comprising 3,199 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and controls reproduce this and find that it is the major genetic risk factor for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative). Here, we show that the risk is conferred by a genomic segment of ~50 kb that is inherited from Neandertals and occurs at a frequency of ~30% in south Asia and ~8% in Europe.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.View Full Text
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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Preprints Base de dados: bioRxiv Tipo de estudo: Estudo prognóstico Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Preprint
Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Preprints Base de dados: bioRxiv Tipo de estudo: Estudo prognóstico Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Preprint
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