Relationship Between the ABO Blood Group and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Susceptibility
Relationship Between the ABO Blood Group and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Susceptibility.Zhao J, Yang Y, Huang H, Li D, Gu D, Lu X, Zhang Z, Liu L, Liu T, Liu Y, He Y, Sun B, Wei M, Yang G, Wang X, Zhang L, Zhou X, Xing M, Wang PG.Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 15;73(2):328-331. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1150.PMID: 32750119 Free PMC article. To explore any relationship between the ABO blood group and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) susceptibility, we compared ABO blood group distributions in 2173 COVID-19 patients with local control populations, and found that blood group A was associated with an increased risk of infection, whereas group O was associated with a decreased risk.