TWiV 676: Tragic gene flow from Neanderthals

In this episode we explain how regions of the human genome associated with severe COVID-19 are identified, the finding that one of these regions was inherited from Neanderthals, and prolonged SARS-CoV-2 reproduction in an immunocompromised patient.
Source: virology blog - Category: Virology Authors: Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 genome wide association study GWAS immunocompromised immunosuppressed pandemic SARS-CoV-2 single nucleotide polymorphism SNIP viral Source Type: blogs