SHORT REPORT - SEVERE MALARIA ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD-GROUP

Authors
FISCHER PR BOONE P
Citation
Pr. Fischer et P. Boone, SHORT REPORT - SEVERE MALARIA ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD-GROUP, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 58(1), 1998, pp. 122-123
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
122 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1998)58:1<122:SR-SMA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The ABO blood groups are not linked to the incidence of simple malaria infection but have been associated with rosette formation. In an effo rt to see if clinically severe malaria is associated with blood group, 489 patients were studied in Zimbabwe. Patients with malaria and grou p A blood had lower hemoglobin levels and more risk of coma than did i nfected patients with other blood groups. In this population, severe m alaria is associated with blood group.