Association between ABO & RH Blood Group Phenotype with Covid-19 Infection

Abstract

Introduction: Covid-19, conjointly referred to as severe acute metabolism syndrome appeared inDecember 2019 by a new Corona virus. The virus originated from Wuhan, the capital of China’sHubei Province and unfold everywhere the globe and have become a worldwide pandemic due tolack of cure. The number of cases increased as a result of human to human transmission, overseastravelers and direct contact with infected people made up the majority of cases.1-2-3. The study’sgoal was to determine whether there was an association between ABO and Rh blood groupphenotypes with COVID-19 infection.Objective - To study the association of ABO Blood Group and COVID-19 infection. To study theassociation of Rh factor and COVID-19 infection.Material Method: This retrospective study was conducted after the approval college researchcommittee of Teerthanker Mahaveer medical college and research center. The study period of thisstudy is from 12 March 2021 to 12 March 2022. The current research included 3000 Covid-19patients confirmed by RTPCR test and admitted in the Teerthanker Mahaveer University Hospital,Moradabad. Covid -19 positive patient’s age, gender, ABO blood group, Rh factor and personaldata was collected from the medical record department.Result: The most common blood group affected was B+ (1,119, 37.3%) followed by O+ (729,24.3%), A+ (653, 21.8%), AB+ (330, 11.0%), B- (77, 2.6%), O- (36, 1.2%), A-(36, 1.2%) and AB-(20, 0.7%).Interpretation & Conclusion: The findings of this study are the blood group that was moreaffected was B positive and least numbers of patients are of blood group AB negative.