Role of ABO blood system in COVID-19: Findings from a southern Italian study.

Pierpaolo Negro Maurizio Congedo Antonella Zizza Marcello Guido Gianfranco Sacquegna Giuseppe Pulito Giambattista Lobreglio

Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2021)

Our findings support a role of ABO blood type in the development of symptomatic disease with a higher risk in subjects with blood type A and a protective effect of blood types B and O. Blood types do not seem, however, to play a role in susceptibility, progression to severe disease, and death.

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coronavirus disease
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respiratory syndrome coronavirus