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Chen et al. Screening of genetic loci

background is polygenic, and HSV has no apparent Conflicts of interest
genetic background, the susceptibility of HSV infection There are no conflicts of interest.
itself is very likely regulated by more than one gene
controlling quantitative traits. Patient consent
There is no patient involved.
By bioinformatics analysis, our results suggest that
approximately 140 genes were found in the area of Ethics approval
D17MIT51.1, D17MIT39.1 and the genomic region Ethics approval was obtained prior to the
between D17MIT180.1 and D17MIT184, and functions commencement of the study.
of the majority of those genes are not fully revealed.
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