https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/ad56f5d49402aebb29060ccfe7f894a6.pdf 3abbeacbb424b862b69b7900ea41fc4c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Systematic review and meta-analysis of the susceptibility of ABO blood group to COVID-19 infection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Saeed M Kabrah, Ahmed M Kabrah, Arwa F Flemban, Samer Abuzerr Description An account of the resource Numerous studies investigate the association between the ABO blood groups and the occurrence of COVID-19 infection; discordant findings were reported. Therefore, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the existing evidence on the susceptibility of the ABO blood group to COVID-19 infection. Systematically searched published articles in PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and EMBASE between 1 st January 2020 and 21 st March 2021. After quality control and the exclusion of irrelevant studies, 16 studies were included in the final analysis. Although the random-effect meta-analysis revealed a large heterogeneity among studies, I 2 = 99.197 %. The pooled event rates and (95 % CIs) for A, O, B, and AB blood group were 0.459 (95 %CI: 0.358-0.441), 0.342 (95 %CI: 0.298-0.374), 0.180 (95 %CI: 0.150-0.214), and 0.076 (95 %CI: 0.055-0.127), respectively. These results indicated that the COVID-19 infection rate was higher in persons with blood group A > O > B > AB. Overall, the ABO blood group's vulnerability to COVID-19 infection was statistically significant (pooled p -value<0.001). This meta-analysis offers a further indication of blood group A individuals' vulnerability to COVID-19 infection, and blood type AB are linked to a lower risk of COVID-19 infection. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource covid-19, infection, abo blood group system, Susceptibility, Systematic review and meta-analysis Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103169 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis