Frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy phenotypes among blood donors and malaria patients from four Brazilian Amazon areas

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Cavasini, Carlos Eugénio ^a   De Mattos, Luiz Carlos ^a   Alves, Renata Tomé ^a   Couto, Álvaro Augusto ^b   Calvosa, Vanja Sueli Pachiano ^b   Domingos, Cláudia Regina Bonini ^c   Castilho, Lilian ^d   Rossit, Andréa Regina Baptista ^a,e   Machado, Ricardo Luiz Dantas ^a,e  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Amapá State Health General Office   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São José Do Rio Preto Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ABO; Blood groups; Brazilian Amazon region; Duffy; Malaria; MNSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 33749578287     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0034     Document Type: Article

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