Submitted:
28 April 2020
Posted:
30 April 2020
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Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
Abstract
Objective: On March 11, 2020 the WHO declared that COVID-19 is pandemic. Among the risk factors for many infectious diseases, a role of the ABO blood group system is reported in the literature. We argue whether it is necessary to investigate the relationship between ABO blood groups and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and if we should consider some blood groups as potential risk factors for COVID-19. Results: Based on the scientific evidence reported in this letter, we believe that further studies are needed to investigate how the ABO polymorphism influences the host susceptibility, individual response and clinical risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Keywords:
ABO blood groups system
; COVID-19
; susceptibility
; SARS-CoV-2
; SARS
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