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May 25, 2022 · Some research findings have suggested that people with blood types A and AB are more susceptible to contracting COVID-19, while those with blood type O are less likely to test positive...
Jul 18, 2021 · Blood type AB (ARD = 0.1; 95% CI, –2.8 to 3.2) and type B (ARD = 1.3; 95% CI, –0.7 to 3.3) patients were also at increased risk of infection, using type O as a reference. Rh-negative patients were at lower risk of infection compared with Rh-positive patients (ARD = –2.7; 95% CI, –4.7 to –0.8).
- Young Kim, Christopher A. Latz, Charles S. DeCarlo, Sujin Lee, C. Y. Maximilian Png, Pavel Kibrik, E...
- 2021
Oct 2, 2023 · There’s no clear answer on whether a certain blood type increases the risk of COVID-19 illness. Some studies show that Type A blood may increase the risk of getting COVID infection, but Type O may protect against infection. There’s no blood type that makes you immune to COVID illness. Blood type doesn’t change how effective COVID vaccines ...
Nov 13, 2020 · Recent evidence suggests blood type may affect risk of severe COVID-19. Here, we use observational healthcare data on 14,112 individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2 with known blood type in the...
- Michael Zietz, Jason Zucker, Nicholas P. Tatonetti
- 2020
Oct 14, 2020 · Among the COVID-19 positive, they found fewer people with blood type O and more people with A, B, and AB types. The study results suggest that people with blood types A, B, or AB may be more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than people with type O.
Jul 17, 2020 · An intriguing finding from the study was that there appeared to be a greater chance of people with blood types B and AB who were Rh positive testing positive for the virus. Even stronger evidence was assembled by the team that symptomatic people with blood type O were less likely to test positive.
Apr 4, 2023 · It’s thought that people with blood group A, B or AB are at higher risk of getting infected with COVID-19 and also have an increased risk for severe symptoms and death compared to those who have blood type O. People with blood type A are thought to have the highest risk of getting infected with COVID-19 and of developing severe symptoms.
