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Abstract
The ABO blood groups are not linked to the incidence of simple malaria infection but have been associated with rosette formation. In an effort to see if clinically severe malaria is associated with blood group, 489 patients were studied in Zimbabwe. Patients with malaria and group A blood had lower hemoglobin levels and more risk of coma than did infected patients with other blood groups. In this population, severe malaria is associated with blood group.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Biology; Central Nervous System; Central Nervous System Effects; Correlation Studies; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Hemic System; Hemoglobin Level; Malaria; Parasitic Diseases; Physiology; Research Methodology; Research Report; Statistical Studies; Studies; Zimbabwe
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9452303 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.122
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345