ABO phenotype and SARS-CoV-2 infection: Is there any correlation?

COVID-19 is the currently evolving viral disease worldwide. It mainly targets the respiratory organs, tissues and causes illness. A plethora of studies has been performing to bring proper treatment and prevent people from the infection. Likewise, susceptibility to some infectious diseases has been a...

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Autores principales: Mathew, Anna, Vignesh Balaji E, Pai, Sreedhara Ranganath K., Kishore, Anoop, Pai, Vasudev, Chandrashekar, K.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8035048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33540085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104751
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Sumario:COVID-19 is the currently evolving viral disease worldwide. It mainly targets the respiratory organs, tissues and causes illness. A plethora of studies has been performing to bring proper treatment and prevent people from the infection. Likewise, susceptibility to some infectious diseases has been associated with blood group phenotypes. The co-relationship of blood group with the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death has been examined in numerous studies. This review explained the described studies regarding the correlation of blood group and the other essential factors with COVID-19.

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