Significant association of missense mutation rs189256251 in the UBX Domain Protein 11 (UBXN11) gene was still evident following logistic regression analysis (P = 0.00089, OR = 24.92, 95% CI 3.742–165.9) but none of the 6 known SNPs showed an association with A(H7N9) infection at this stage of analysis. Here, UBXN11 is linked to infection.