Association between ABO, Rhesus blood group systems and haemoglobin genotype among confirmed HIVAIDS-TB co-infected patients in Enugu Urban, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Ukaejiofo, E O ^a   Nubila, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ABO; AIDS; Association; Blood groups; Co infection; Haemoglobin genotypes; HIV; Rhesus; TB

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERINFECTION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646870132     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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