rs12252(A;G)

Carrier of one allele linked to greater influenza susceptibility

Magnitude
1.5Minor
Repute
Bad
On SNPedia
rs12252(C;T)Minus strand
Gene
IFITM3

Other genotypes of rs12252

  1. G;GMost notableBadpossible miscall in Ancestry v2.0 datasets; otherwise, probably more susceptible to influenzaWorth knowing · 2.9
  2. A;AGoodmore resistant to influenzaTypical · 0.0

All about rs12252

Notes

From SNPedia

Carrying one copy of the rs12252(C) allele does not seem to make a person more susceptible to influenza, however, carrying two copies does, so this (C;T) genotype is tagged as a (unaffected) carrier of an allele linked to influenza susceptibility.

Source and license

Adapted from rs12252(C;T) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.