COVID-19 vulnerability: the potential impact of genetic susceptibility and airborne transmission

Abstract The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, is inarguably the most challenging coronavirus outbreak relative to the previous outbreaks involving SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. With the number of COVID-19 cases now exceeding 2 million worldwide, it is apparent that (i) transmiss...

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Main Authors: Krystal J. Godri Pollitt, Jordan Peccia, Albert I. Ko, Naftali Kaminski, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Daniel W. Nebert, Juergen K.V. Reichardt, David C. Thompson, Vasilis Vasiliou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Human Genomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-020-00267-3