Title

Susceptibility and severity of Covid-19 in different blood groups

Authors

Ritesh Upadhyay¹, Ravikant Mahale², Pawan Nandurkar³ & Sonali Tripathi^4,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Community Medicine, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandhata, Shivam Sundaram Colony, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 480001, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Pathology, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandhata, Shivam Sundaram Colony, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 480001, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Pediatrics, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandhata, Shivam Sundaram Colony, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 480001, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandhata, Shivam Sundaram Colony, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh 480001, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ritesh Upadhyay - E-mail: drritesh311@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9977006048

Ravikant Mahale - E-mail: ravikant_mahale@yahoo.com; Phone: +91 9406547337

Pawan Nandurkar - E-mail: drpawannandurkar13@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9340093138
Sonali Tripathi - E-mail: dr.sonali.tripathi@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8368823226

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

The relation of ABO and Rh blood groups with susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 among 120 patients is it of interest. Blood group A showed the highest infection rate of 37.5%, while the lowest was that of blood group O, at 20%. Susceptibility was a little higher in Rh-positive patients and the highest prevalence of severe disease was found among patients with blood group AB, at 30%. Results show that groups A and AB are associated with increased susceptibility and severity, which may help identify at-risk populations to target public health interventions. Further studies can help refine such associations and inform preventive strategies.

Keywords

COVID-19, ABO blood group, Rh factor, susceptibility, severity, observational study

Citation

Upadhyay et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1581-1584 (2025)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.