Host genetic factors and susceptibility to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection – Wiley

1 BACKGROUND
While this article was being written, the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV2) had infected over 4.48 million people in the United States, and killed over 152000 of them (CDC COVID Data Tracker, 2020). The numbers for the rest of the world were not any better, with over 12.3 million people infected and nearly 510000 killed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) (COVID19 Dashboard, 2020). Due to inconsistently applied public health practices an…

Click here to view the original article.