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. 2020 Jun;28(6):715-718.
doi: 10.1038/s41431-020-0636-6. Epub 2020 May 13.

The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a global initiative to elucidate the role of host genetic factors in susceptibility and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic

COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative

The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, a global initiative to elucidate the role of host genetic factors in susceptibility and severity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic

COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative. Eur J Hum Genet. 2020 Jun.
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Fig. 1. Map of the studies registered to the initiative by 13th of April 2020.
The map report aggregate counts of studies registered to the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative.
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