A 6-mRNA host response whole-blood classifier trained using patients with non-COVID-19 viral infections accurately predicts severity of COVID-19
Ljubomir J. Buturović, Hong Zheng, Benjamin M. P. Tang, Kevin Lai, Win Sen Kuan, Mark Gillett, Rahul Santram, Maryam Shojaei, Raquel Almansa, Jose Ángel Nieto, Sonsoles Muñoz, Carmen Herrero, Nikolaos Antonakos, Panayiotis Koufargyris, Marina Kontogiorgi, , Timothy E. Sweeney
The paper develops a 6-mRNA classifier using non-COVID-19 viral infection data to predict COVID-19 severity, achieving high accuracy in independent cohorts.
medRxiv · Dec 7, 2020 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine