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Association of ABO blood group with severe falciparum malaria in adults: case control study and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Erythrocyte-associated antigenic polymorphisms or their absence have perhaps evolved in the human population to protect against malarial infection. Studies in various populations consistently demonstrate that blood group 'O' confers resistance against severe falciparum infectio...

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Autores principales: Panda, Aditya K, Panda, Santosh K, Sahu, Aditya N, Tripathy, Rina, Ravindran, Balachandran, Das, Bidyut K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22011404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-309