A protective HLA extended haplotype outweighs the major COVID-19 risk factor inherited from Neanderthals in the Sardinian population

<p>Sardinia has one of the lowest incidences of hospitalization and related mortality in Europe. In this dataset we reported 358 patients with COVID-19, in which we evaluated the frequency of the Neanderthal risk locus variant on chromosome 3 (rs35044562), considered to be a major risk factor for a severe SARS-CoV-2 disease course.</p>