Absence of correlation between ABO Rh(D) blood group and neutralizing antibody titers in SARS‐CoV‐2 convalescent plasma donors

• Published in: Transfusion Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 292 - 297
• Main Authors: Hirani, Rena, Hoad, Veronica, Gosbell, Iain B., Irving, David O.
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: ABO Blood-Group System; ABO system; Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Neutralizing - blood; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Australia; Blood & organ donations; Blood Donors; blood group; Blood groups; Chlorocebus aethiops; convalescent plasma; COVID-19 - therapy; Demography; Humans; Immunization, Passive; Infections; Neutralization Tests; Neutralizing; Plasmapheresis; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Vero Cells; Australia; blood group; SARS-CoV-2; convalescent plasma

Background Several studies have described associations between ABO blood group and SARS‐CoV‐2 infection severity in hospitalized patients where group A individuals are over‐represented and group O individuals may have a lower infection rate. In convalescent individuals, group B blood donors have hig...