The synergistic interaction between ACE and TMPRSS2 polymorphisms increases the risk of severe COVID-19

• Odonchimeg Bayaraa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Odonchimeg Bayaraa, Chimedlkhamsuren Ganbold

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Pulmonology and Allergy, School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, The Center of Pulmonology and Allergy, First Central Hospital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Chimedlkhamsuren Ganbold ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Odonchimeg Bayaraa, Chimedlkhamsuren Ganbold

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Bayarlakh Byambadorj,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8164-681X

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• Zolzaya Battulga,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1467-1169

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• Ichinnorov Dashtseren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology and Allergy, School of Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Sarantuya Jav

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sarantuya.j@mnums.edu.mn

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biomedicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Mongolian National University of Medical Science, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-4490

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