ABO blood group is long known to be an influencing factor for the susceptibility to infectious
diseases, and many studies have been describing associations between ABO blood types …

The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led
to an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. While SARS-CoV-2-associated COVID-19 …

The global propagation of SARS‐CoV‐2 and the detection of a large number of variants,
some of which have replaced the original clade to become dominant, underscores the fact …

Background Previous studies have reported Blood type O to confer a lower risk of SARS‐
CoV‐2 infection, while secretor status and other blood groups have been suspected to have …

ABO blood type has been reported as a potential factor influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection,
but so far mostly in studies that involved small samples, selected population and/or used …

The SARS-CoV-2 infection has caused over 422 million contagions and 5.8 million deaths
resulting in a global health crisis. Several studies have investigated the risk factors …

HLA molecules are key restrictive elements to present intracellular antigens at the
crossroads of an effective T-cell response against SARS-CoV-2. To determine the impact of …

There is no doubt that genetic factors of the host play a role in susceptibility to infectious
diseases. An association between ABO blood groups and SARS-CoV-2 infection as well as …

Methods The SAPRIS (“SAnté, Perception, pratiques, Relations et Inégalités Sociales en
population générale pendant la crise COVID-19”) study was set up in April 2020 to …

An association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the ABO blood group
has been reported. However, such an association has not been studied in the Japanese …