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ArticleMicrobial genomics2021

SARS-CoV-2 genetic variations associated with COVID-19 pathogenicity.

Pakorn Aiewsakun, Patrawee Nilplub, Patompon Wongtrakoongate, Suradej Hongeng, Arunee Thitithanyanont

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Article in Microbial genomics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pakorn AiewsakunDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Patrawee NilplubPornchai Matangkasombut Center for Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Patompon WongtrakoongateDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Suradej HongengDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, 270, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Arunee ThitithanyanontDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we performed genome-wide association analyses on SARS-CoV-2 genomes to identify genetic mutations associated with pre-symptomatic/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. Various potential covariates and confounding factors of COVID-19 severity, including patient age, gender and country, as well as virus phylogenetic relatedness were adjusted for. In total, 3021 full-length genomes of SARS-CoV-2 generated from original clinical samples and whose patient status could be determined conclusively as either 'pre-symptomatic/asymptomatic' or 'symptomatic' were retrieved from the GISAID database. We found that the mutation 11 083G>T, located in the coding region of non-structural protein 6, is significantly associated with asymptomatic COVID-19. Patient age is positively correlated with symptomatic infection, while gender is not significantly correlated with the development of the disease. We also found that the effects of the mutation, patient age and gender do not vary significantly among countries, although each country appears to have varying baseline chances of COVID-19 symptom development.

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COVID-19Databases, GeneticFemaleGenetic VariationHumansMaleOdds RatioOpen Reading FramesPhylogenyRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexGWASnsp6SARS-CoV-2

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PMID34870573
PMCPMC8767342
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