Open AccessThe effects of blood group types on the risk of COVID-19 infection and its clinical outcome
Author(s) -
Hakan Göker,
Elifcan Aladağ,
Halûk Demiroğlu,
Çağlayan Merve Ayaz,
Yahya Büyükaşık,
Ahmet Çağkan İnkaya,
Salih Aksu,
Nilgün Sayınalp,
İbrahim C. Haznedaroğlu,
Ömrüm Uzun,
Murat Akova,
Osman Özcebe,
Serhat Ünal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2005-395
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , outcome (game theory) , group (periodic table) , intensive care medicine , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , chemistry , mathematics , mathematical economics , organic chemistry
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease of 2019) is an infectious disease outbreak later on declared as a pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2). It spreads very rapidly and can result in severe acute respiratory failure. The clinical studies have shown that advanced age and chronic diseases increase the risk of infection. However, influence of the blood groups on COVID-19 infection and its outcome remains to be confirmed. The aim of this study is to investigate whether there exists a relationship between the blood groups of the patients and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients
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