Individuals with a Rh-positive but not Rh-negative blood group are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection: demographics and trend study on COVID-19 cases in Sudan

• Published in: New microbes and new infections Vol. 38; p. 100763
• Main Authors: Taha, S.A.H., Osman, M.E.M., Abdoelkarim, E.A.A., Holie, M.A.I., Elbasheir, M.M., Abuzeid, N.M.K., Al-Thobaiti, S.A., Fadul, S.B., Konozy, E.H.E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Blood group A; blood group O; coronavirus disease 2019; Original; questionnaire; Sudan; susceptibility; blood group O; questionnaire; Blood group A; susceptibility; coronavirus disease 2019; Sudan

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Sudan, several haematological studies were conducted to study the ABO blood group distribution among the population, in which the O blood group was dominant followe...