| Literature DB >> 2698730 |
C C Blackwell1, K Jonsdottir, D M Weir, M F Hanson, K A Cartwright, J Stewart, D Jones, I Mohammed.
Abstract
Epidemiological evidence is summarized for associations of ABO blood group and secretor status with susceptibility to invasive disease due to capsulate organisms responsible for the majority of bacterial meningitis. Host-parasite interactions that might underly these findings are proposed and evidence to support or refute them provided.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2698730 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02420.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Immunol ISSN: 0920-8534