Blood groups and COVID-19 infection in Babylon province

Mahdi, Karar Salih (2025) Blood groups and COVID-19 infection in Babylon province. International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 15 (1). pp. 1613-1617. ISSN 2582-8185

Background: In the first time for COVID infections pandemic, the research centers around world make several topics to understanding how this virus was infections and spreading, also other few reports which conducted about connotation amid COVID 19 infection and types of blood. Methods: This work was including data from 1355 persons for one year (from march 2023-to march 2024), from different places in Iraqi Babylon province, which has COVID-19 infection in early different times, and this information collected by specific questionnaire to make connection between blood groups and probability of COVID-19 infection. Results: The results were showed highly percent from men (76%) and 24% from women, that has early infection, also study was included 82% of urban and 18% rural persons from different ages (26-86 years old), in the statistics study revealed rise percent of COVID infection 40 % in blood group O+, 24% A+, 14% AB+, 7% O-, 6% AB-, 5% A-, 2% B+ and 2% for B-. Conclusion: this study was concluded in Babylon province was highly percent of COVID-19 infection for people has O+ blood group and low percent for persons has B blood groups.