The military-biological aspect of the human genotypes study on the example of COVID-19

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to evaluate human genotype data as a basis for biological warfare, so the authors used materials from open scientific publications. Epidemiology, clinic, and outcomes were analyzed using the example of COVID-19 in people of different genotypes. The possibilities of reverse genetics for the construction of coronaviruses with modified specificity and «new functions» are considered. The authors have established that the severity of the course of COVID-19 depends mainly on the genes that determine the factors of the host’s immune response to the virus; while the different susceptibility of people to SARS-CoV-2 is mainly associated with variants of genes encoding surface receptors and having relation to the initial stage of infection.

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M. V. Supotnitskiy

27th Research Center, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

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Russian Federation, Moscow

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