Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria.

Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria.

Blood group O is associated with protection against severe malaria and reduced size and stability of P. falciparum-host red blood cell (RBC) rosettes compared to non-O blood groups. Whether the non-O blood groups encoded by the specific ABO genotypes AO, BO, AA, BB and AB differ in their association...

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Main Authors: D Herbert Opi, Carolyne M Ndila, Sophie Uyoga, Alex W Macharia, Clare Fennell, Lucy B Ochola, Gideon Nyutu, Bethseba R Siddondo, John Ojal, Mohammed Shebe, Kennedy O Awuondo, Neema Mturi, Norbert Peshu, Benjamin Tsofa, Gavin Band, Kathryn Maitland, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Kirk A Rockett, Thomas N Williams, J Alexandra Rowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010910&type=printable
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