{"id":6955,"date":"2020-03-13T06:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2020-04-19T07:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T07:22:46","slug":"blood-type-o-more-likely-resistant-from-coronaviruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-more-likely-resistant-from-coronaviruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZR2115M3SZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-and-blood-types-higher-risk-for-blood-type-a-lower-risk-for-blood-type-o\/\">COVID-19 and Blood Types: Higher Risk for Blood Type A, Lower Risk for Blood Type O<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;COVID-19 and Blood Types: Higher Risk for Blood Type A, Lower Risk for Blood Type O&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-and-blood-types-higher-risk-for-blood-type-a-lower-risk-for-blood-type-o\/embed\/#?secret=fSFGdgLx1p#?secret=ZR2115M3SZ\" data-secret=\"ZR2115M3SZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?resize=640%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?resize=1024%2C448&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?resize=300%2C131&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?resize=768%2C336&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/antibodies-for-neutralizing-chikungunya-virus.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>A viral infection is a proliferation of a harmful virus inside the body. Viruses cannot reproduce without the assistance of a host. Viruses infect a host by introducing their genetic material into the cells and hijacking the cell&#8217;s internal machinery to make more virus particles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Though this older study isn&#8217;t about COVID-19, it still is interesting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), an RNA virus. The original SARS outbreak in the winter of 2002 to 2003 infected &gt;8,000 individuals worldwide, with a fatality rate of 10% (<a href=\"https:\/\/cmr.asm.org\/content\/28\/3\/801#ref-292\">292<\/a>). Like other <strong>human coronaviruses<\/strong>, SARS-CoV infects the mucosal epithelium, causing an acute respiratory illness often accompanied by gastroenteritis. In a Hong Kong outbreak, there was an apparent association between disease transmission and ABO type (<a href=\"https:\/\/cmr.asm.org\/content\/28\/3\/801#ref-293\">293<\/a>). An epidemiology study of 34\/45 hospital workers who contracted SARS after exposure to a single index patient showed that <strong>most of the infected individuals (23\/34) were non-group O individuals <\/strong>(groups A, B, and AB). Group O individuals were relatively resistant to infection, with an OR of 0.18 (95% CI, 0.04 to 0.81;&nbsp;<em>P<\/em>&nbsp;= 0.03).<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmr.asm.org\/content\/28\/3\/801\">https:\/\/cmr.asm.org\/content\/28\/3\/801<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8230; and then there is the Rh factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Being RH negative could make you resistant to infections of viral origin\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xv5QirIGx5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iro2uLhVNq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/infections-of-viral-origin\/\">Infections of viral origin and Rh(D) negative blood<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Infections of viral origin and Rh(D) negative blood&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/infections-of-viral-origin\/embed\/#?secret=mhTEleih6n#?secret=Iro2uLhVNq\" data-secret=\"Iro2uLhVNq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"g5Iutou7dF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/\">Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/embed\/#?secret=IzKktVzapJ#?secret=g5Iutou7dF\" data-secret=\"g5Iutou7dF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Blood Type O more likely resistant to coronaviruses?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>UPDATE: Though this older study isn&#8217;t about COVID-19, it still is interesting: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), an RNA virus. The original SARS outbreak in the winter of 2002 to 2003 infected &gt;8,000 individuals worldwide, with a fatality rate of 10% (292). Like other human coronaviruses, SARS-CoV infects the mucosal epithelium, causing an acute respiratory illness often accompanied by gastroenteritis. In a Hong Kong outbreak, there was an apparent association between disease transmission and ABO type (293). An epidemiology study of 34\/45 hospital workers who contracted SARS after exposure to a single index patient showed that most of the infected individuals (23\/34) were non-group O individuals (groups A, B, and AB). 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