THE CORRELATION OF MALARIA WITH ABO BLOOD GROUP
Journal Title: International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Many studies have shown that susceptibility to several infectious diseases is related to the patient's blood group. Since malaria is a major problem in India, it would be useful to know whether there is any relationship between blood group and infection. Objectives: To assess the distribution of ABO blood group and its correlation with malaria. Methods: 100 patients of both sexes suspected malaria attending opd and inpatient department of medicine,Civil hospital,Rajkot were recruited as cases and 100 blood donor healthy subjects as controls. For species identification thick and thin blood smears were prepared. ABO blood grouping was done by slide method. Result: Cases of P.vivax (65%) was more than P.falciparum (35%). The age group affected most was 21-40 years (60%) and >60 years (8%) age group was affected least. Males (70%) were affected more than females (30%). Malaria cases were seen maximally with blood group ‘B’ (45%) followed by ‘A’ (33%), ‘O’ (15%) and ‘AB’ (7%). Conclusion: Maximum no. of malaria patients had ‘B’ blood group. This suggests that the person having blood group ‘B’ are more prone to malarial infection. Blood group ‘O’ confers protection to severe disease
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Sharlin B. Christian, R. S. Trivedi, Payal Jivani, Sonal Chavda
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