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.

Authors

Mattia Vinciguerra¹, Ernesto Greco²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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