Open AccessClinical Characteristics of Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Preliminary Baseline Report of Japan COVID-19 Task Force, a Nationwide Consortium to Investigate Host Genetics of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Hiromu Tanaka,
Ho Lee,
Atsuho Morita,
Ho Namkoong,
Shotaro Chubachi,
Hiroki Kabata,
Hirofumi Kamata,
Makoto Ishii,
Naoki Hasegawa,
Norihiro Harada,
Tetsuya Ueda,
Soichiro Ueda,
Takashi Ishiguro,
Ken Arimura,
Fukuki Saito,
Takashi Yoshiyama,
Yasushi Nakano,
Yoshikazu Mutoh,
Yusuke Suzuki,
Koji Murakami,
Yukinori Okada,
Ryuji Koike,
Yuko Kitagawa,
Katsushi Tokunaga,
Akinori Kimura,
Seiya Imoto,
Satoru Miyano,
Seishi Ogawa,
Takanori Kanai∥,
Koichi Fukunaga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.070
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , coronavirus , task force , virology , host (biology) , baseline (sea) , betacoronavirus , medicine , disease , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics , outbreak , political science , public administration , fishery
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is having a devastating effect worldwide. Host genome differences between populations may influence the severity of COVID-19. The Japan COVID-19 Task Force is conducting host genome analysis of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 from more than 70 institutions nationwide in Japan. This report describes the clinical characteristics of patients enrolled to date.
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