Associations between blood type and COVID-19 infection, intubation, and death

Michael Zietz; Jason Zucker; Nicholas P. Tatonetti

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19623-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Associations between blood type and COVID-19 infection, intubation, and death

Michael Zietz,
Jason Zucker,
Nicholas P. Tatonetti

Affiliations

Michael Zietz: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Jason Zucker: Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Nicholas P. Tatonetti: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19623-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Recent evidence has suggested that blood type may be associated with severe COVID-19. Here, the authors use data from ~14,000 individuals tested for SARS-CoV-2 at a New York City hospital, and find that certain ABO and Rh blood types are associated with infection, intubation, and death.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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