Analysis of ACE2 genetic variants in 131 Italian SARS-CoV-2-positive patients

Abstract Background Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that are common in humans and many animal species. Animal coronaviruses rarely infect humans with the exceptions of the Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS-CoV ), the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus (SARS-CoV),...

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Main Authors: Antonio Novelli, Michela Biancolella, Paola Borgiani, Dario Cocciadiferro, Vito Luigi Colona, Maria Rosaria D’Apice, Paola Rogliani, Salvatore Zaffina, Francesca Leonardis, Andrea Campana, Massimiliano Raponi, Massimo Andreoni, Sandro Grelli, Giuseppe Novelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Human Genomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-020-00279-z