A wide range of disease severity among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has
attracted scientists' attention worldwide. Development of severe symptoms in some adults …

Human genetics can inform the biology and epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) by pinpointing causal mechanisms that explain why some individuals become …

Background The emergence of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in
December 2019 marked the synchronization of the world to a peculiar clock that is counting …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiologic agent of the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Clinical manifestations of the disease …

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned global health crisis of unprecedented magnitude,
claiming millions of lives and pushing healthcare systems in many countries to the brink …

Devastating pandemics, such as that due to COVID-19, can provide strong testimony to our
knowledge of the genetic and evolutionary determinants of infectious disease susceptibility …

Host genetics is an emerging theme in COVID-19 and few common polymorphisms and
some rare variants have been identified, either by GWAS or candidate gene approach …

Rare variants affecting host defense against pathogens could be involved in COVID-19
severity and may help explain fatal outcomes in young and middle-aged patients. Our aim …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) poses an unprecedented challenge to humanity. SARS-CoV-2 infections …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in great morbidity and mortality worldwide and
human genetic factors have been implicated in the susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 …