A new study out of China has suggested people with a certain blood type may be more susceptible to the coronavirus.
People who have blood type A are more vulnerable to infection from the coronavirus, according to the report from the South China Morning Post. Conversely, people with blood type O have shown signs of being more resistant.
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The preliminary study out of Wuhan University was published on March 11 on Medrxiv.org, and was conducted on 2000 patients who contracted the coronavirus in Wuhan and Shenzhen in China.