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ABO blood groups and Leishmania donovani chagasi infection: an apparent association

Pedro H. Cabello^I; Angela Maria V.M. Dias Lima^II; Eliane S. Azevedo^II; Henrique Krieger^III

^IDepartamento de Genética, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Phone: (55) (021) 598-4358, Fax: (55) (021) 590-3495. Send correspondence to P.H.C.
^IILaboratório de Genética Médica, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil
^IIIDepartamentos de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

ABSTRACT

A relatively largo sample derived from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis, showed a significant association between Leishmania donovani chagasi infection and the group A phenotype of the ABO blood group system. A joint analysis of the present data with those of the literature, showed a highly significant and apparently consistent association between these two traits.

Keywords: ABO blood; Leishmania donovani chagasi.

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