The frequency of combined IFITM3 haplotype involving the reference alleles of both rs12252 and rs34481144 is in line with COVID-19 standardized mortality ratio of ethnic groups in England
Evidence was brought forward in England and the USA that Black, Asian, Latino and Minority Ethnic people exhibit higher mortality risk from COVID-19 than White people. While socioeconomic factors were suggested to contribute to this trend, they arguably do not explain the range of the differences ob...
Main Authors: | Dimitris Nikoloudis, Dimitrios Kountouras, Asimina Hiona |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-11-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/10402.pdf |
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