Coronavirus Host Genomics Study: South Africa (COVIGen-SA)

• Main Authors: Andrew K. May (Author), Heather Seymour (Author), Harriet Etheredge (Author), Heather Maher (Author), Marta C. Nunes (Author), Shabir A. Madhi (Author), Simiso M. Sokhela (Author), W. D. Francois Venter (Author), Neil Martinson (Author), Firdaus Nabeemeeah (Author), Cheryl Cohen (Author), Jocelyn Moyes (Author), Sibongile Walaza (Author), Stefano Tempia (Author), Jackie Kleynhans (Author), Anne von Gottberg (Author), Jeremy Nel (Author), Halima Dawood (Author), Ebrahim Variava (Author), Stephen Tollman (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Emily B. Wong (Author), Caroline T. Tiemessen (Author), Alex van Blydenstein (Author), Lyle Murray (Author), Michelle Venter (Author), June Fabian (Author), Michéle Ramsay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi - Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Host genetic factors are known to modify the susceptibility, severity, and outcomes of COVID-19 and vary across populations. However, continental Africans are yet to be adequately represented in such studies despite the importance of genetic factors in understanding Africa's response to the pan...