Hypothetical Human Immune Genome Complex Gradient May Help To Explain The Congenital Zika Symdrome Catastrophe In Brazil: A New Theory
Flávio R. S. Oliveira, Cristiane Campello Bresani-Salvi, Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais, Abigail W. Bigham, Ulisses Braga-Neto, Gladys E. Maestre, j. l. Wandebergh, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Bartolomeu Acioli‐Santos
The paper uses machine learning to identify SNVs in immune genes that distinguish sub-Saharan African and Latin American populations, suggesting a genome gradient that may explain the higher incidence of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil.
bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2020 · PreprintGenetics