A preliminary study has found correlations between blood type and COVID-19. Thus people with type A blood might be more at risk than those with other blood types . Is there any scientific research to confirm this?
Where did you see this report " A preliminary study has found correlations between blood type and COVID-19. "? Could you let us know. Interesting!
Adiya K. Hussein
Although have not reported in Coronavirus. Virus infection links to Blood Type has been reported before. See below free scientific paper.
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Norwalk Virus Infection and Disease Is Associated with ABO Histo-Blood Group Type
Anne M. Hutson, Robert L. Atmar, David Y. Graham, Mary K. EstesThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 185, Issue 9, 1 May 2002, Pages 1335–1337, https://doi.org/10.1086/339883
To access the paper: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/185/9/1335/938076
Adiya K. Hussein
I found the report. Never mind.
Study says your blood type could make you more susceptible to coronavirus
"New research shows your blood type may make you more susceptible to catching coronavirus. The study published in Wuhan, China compared blood types in 2,173 people in Wuhan and Shenzhen with COVID-19 to more than 3,600 healthy people in the same areas.
It showed people with type A blood are more likely to catch the virus and die from it. People with type O blood may be less likely to get COVID-19."
Source: https://www.nbc12.com/2020/03/21/study-says-your-blood-type-could-make-you-more-susceptible-coronavirus/
Amy Johnson
is the blood type really based on a special type of childhood diarrhea your distant ancestors had to cope with ???
Thank you Yuan-Yeu Yau for your supportive reply.
Link to the report you are asking about in your first reply is,
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/is-blood-type-linked-to-covid-19-risk
People with blood group A have a significantly higher risk for acquiring COVID-19 compared with non-A blood groups, whereas blood group O has a significantly lower risk for the infection compared with non-O blood groups.
Source: Preprint Relationship between the ABO Blood Group and the COVID-19 Su...
The lower susceptibility of blood group O and higher susceptibility of blood group A for COVID-19 could be linked to the presence of natural anti-blood group antibodies, particularly anti-A antibody, in the blood.
Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.11.20031096v2.full.pdf
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