Multiple other studies have identified a SNP-mediated splice variant in interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3), a gene important in influenza virus replication and associated with influenza susceptibility and disease severity in Caucasian and Asian populations (Zhang et al. 2013; Everitt et al. 2012, 80; Yang et al. 2015; Allen et al. 2017). The gene discussed is IFITM3; the disease is influenza.