Blood group A epitopes do not facilitate entry of SARS-CoV-2

J Intern Med. 2021 Jul;290(1):223-226. doi: 10.1111/joim.13256. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

J Schetelig^{1

2}, H Baldauf¹, S Wendler¹, F Heidenreich^{1

2}, R Real¹, M Kolditz³, A Rosner⁴, A Dalpke⁵, K de With⁶, V Lange⁷, J Markert⁸, R Barth⁸, C Bunzel¹, D Endert⁸, J A Hofmann⁸, J Sauter⁸, S N Bernas⁸, A H Schmidt^{1

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¹ DKMS, Clinical Trials Unit, Dresden, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
³ Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁴ Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁷ DKMS Life Science Lab, Dresden, Germany.
⁸ DKMS, Stem Cell Donor Registry, Tübingen, Germany.

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Keywords: ABO blood groups; COVID-19; blood group A1; blood group A2.

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