{"id":160341,"date":"2024-02-15T18:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=160341"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:19:09","slug":"why-do-i-keep-getting-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/health\/why-do-i-keep-getting-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Keep Getting Infected with COVID-19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent study published in the journal Nature provides fresh insights into the heritability and shared environment impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tag\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> susceptibility and severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team of investigators from Columbia University in New York conducted the research. It relied on family history data, PCR test results, and hospitalization information from patients at the New York-Presbyterian\/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP\/CUIMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hablemos de: #Coronavirus\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qp5t5EPTwws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-do-i-keep-getting-covid\"><strong>Why Do I Keep Getting COVID?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings unveiled that genetic factors and shared environment play significant roles in COVID-19 susceptibility and severity variability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding susceptibility, it was estimated that genetic factors contribute roughly 65%, whereas shared environment accounts for about 35%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This suggests that we still haven&#8217;t fully grasped <strong>how genes influence the likelihood of contracting Covid-19<\/strong>. Moreover, the study observed that over time, the significance of genes in susceptibility to the disease has increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerning disease severity, approximately <strong>41% of the difference in hospitalization duration can be attributed to genetic factors. <\/strong>In comparison, about 33% is due to shared environment factors, such as the individual&#8217;s living conditions or household environment. 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