Indigenous Arabs have an intermediate frequency of a Neanderthal-derived COVID-19 risk haplotype compared with other world populations

Clin Genet. 2021 Mar;99(3):484-485. doi: 10.1111/cge.13885. Epub 2020 Nov 27.

Authors

Katsuhiko Mineta¹, Kosuke Goto¹, Takashi Gojobori¹, Fowzan S Alkuraya^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alleles
Animals
Arabs / genetics*
COVID-19 / genetics*
COVID-19 / virology
Gene Frequency*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Haplotypes / genetics*
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Neanderthals / genetics*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
Population Groups / genetics*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / physiology
Saudi Arabia