A person’s blood type could affect how vulnerable they are to developing COVID-19 — the disease caused by the new coronavirus — scientists believe.
The researchers arrived at this conclusion after studying the blood samples of 2,173 patients with COVID-19 in three hospitals in the Chinese cities of Shenzhen, and Wuhan, where the outbreak is thought to have started late last year. They compared this information with recent blood group surveys on 3,694 healthy people in Wuhan, and 23,386 in Shenzhen.
The findings were presented on the pre-print site medRxiv, a website where health researchers can publish studies before they have gone through the rigorous peer review process required by scientific journals. Publishing pre-prints enables scientists to present their initial findings on a topic and spark debate with fellow experts, and is particularly useful in a fast-moving situation like the COVID-19 pandemic…
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