Sars-CoV-2 and black population: ACE2 as shield or blade?

Infect Genet Evol. 2020 Oct:84:104361. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104361. Epub 2020 May 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
  • Betacoronavirus / enzymology*
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology
  • Black People / genetics*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / genetics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
  • ACE2 protein, human
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2