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Abstract
Epidemiological studies on the associations between ABO blood group antigens, secretor status and susceptibility to infectious agents are summarized. Evidence for association of non-secretion with some autoimmune diseases for which infectious aetiologies have been proposed is also given. Several hypotheses are proposed to explain the host-parasite interactions underlying the epidemiological observations, and evidence to support or refute them is presented.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2698729 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02419.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Immunol ISSN: 0920-8534