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Researchers uncover genetic markers associated with COVID-19 infection risk and severity An international collaboration uncovers several genetic markers associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity. In March of 2020, thousands of scientists around the world united to answer a pressing and complex question: what genetic factors influence why some COVID-19 patients develop severe, life-threatening disease requiring hospitalization, while others escape with mild symptoms or none at all? A comprehensive summary of their findings to date, published in Nature, reveals 13 loci, or locations in the human genome, that are strongly associated with infection or severe COVID-19. The researchers also identified causal factors such as smoking and high body mass index. These results come from one of the largest genome-wide association studies ever performed, which includes nearly 50,000 COVID-19 patients and two million uninfected controls.

Eteläuomen läiMari niemiLandskapet sodra savolaxAndrea gannaMark dalyBen nealeEmily hendersonBroad instituteUniversity of helsinkiHost genetics initiativeInstitute for molecular medicine finlandGenetics initiativeMolecular medicine finlandPopulation geneticsFrom finlandEast asian