TY - JOUR
T1 - ABO phenotype and SARS-CoV-2 infection
T2 - Is there any correlation?
AU - Mathew, Anna
AU - Vignesh Balaji E, Balaji E
AU - Pai, Sreedhara Ranganath K.
AU - Kishore, Anoop
AU - Pai, Vasudev
AU - Chandrashekar, K. S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104751
DO - 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104751
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85100630871
SN - 1567-1348
VL - 90
JO - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
JF - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
M1 - 104751
ER -
