Official Title
ABO-Rh Blood Types and COVID-19 Infection in Children: Is There a Link?
Brief Summary

It is speculated that in adult patients with COVID-19 blood type A is associated with the worst outcome, while blood type O is associated with mild symptoms.To our knowledge, there has been no such a study investigated ABO and Rhesus (Rh) blood group types in children with COVID-19 infection yet. Therefore, the study aimed to examine if such a correlation exists in children infected with COVID-19.

Unknown status
Covid-19 Infection
Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- The study period consisted between March 2020 and December 2020

- Children with a documented positive COVID-19 nasal smear real-time
reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who had a past medical history of any chronic illness (related to
respiratory, cardiology, immunology, neurology, metabolic, etc) were excluded.

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 1 Month ~ Maximum: 18 Years
Countries
Turkey
Locations

Mersin City Training & Research Hospital
Mersi̇n, Turkey

Investigator: Ali̇ Özdemi̇r, MD
Contact: 03242251000
aliozdemir@hotmail.com

Contacts

Ali̇ Özdemi̇r, MD
03242251000
aliozdemir@hotmail.com

Mersin Training and Research Hospital
NCT Number
Keywords
Covid-19
ABO blood group
infection risk
MeSH Terms
Infections
COVID-19