Predisposition for cholera of individuals with o blood group possible evolutionary significance

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 791-796

  Glass, Roger I ^a,b   Holmgren, Jan ^b   Haley, Charles E ^b   Khan, M R ^a   Svennerholm, Annmari ^b   Stoll, Barbara J ^a   Hossain, K M Belayet ^a   Black, Robert E ^a,c   Yunus, M ^a   Barua, Dhiman ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood groups; Cholera; Diarrhea; Vibrlo cholerae

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP; CHOLERA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 0021814118     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114050     Document Type: Article

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