The effects of blood group types on the risk of COVID-19 infection and its clinical outcome

Hakan Goker Elifcan Aladag Haluk Demİroğlu Caglayan Merve Ayaz Yahya Büyükaşık Ahmet Çagkan Inkaya Salih Aksu Nilgün Sayınalp İbrahim Celallettin Haznedaroğlu Ömrüm Uzun Murat Akova Osman Ilhami Özcebe Serhat Unal

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2020)

The results of the present study suggest that while the blood group A might have a role in increased susceptibility to the COVID-19 infection, the blood group O might be somewhat protective. However, once infected, blood group type does not seem to influence clinical outcome.

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