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Correlation between ABO Blood Group Phenotype and the Risk of COVID-19 Infection and Severity of Disease in a Saudi Arabian Cohort.
Journal of epidemiology and global health - 1 Mar 2022
Jawdat Dunia, Hajeer Ali, Massadeh Salam, Aljawini Nora, Abedalthagafi Malak S, Alaamery Manal
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BACKGROUND: Disease severity among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 varies remarkably. Preliminary studies reported that the ABO blood group system confers differential viral susceptibility and disease severity caused by SARS-CoV-2. Thus, differences in ABO blood group phenotypes may partly explain the observed heterogeneity in COVID-19 severity patterns, and could help identify individuals at increased risk....
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