Toxoplasma and reaction time: Role of toxoplasmosis in the origin, preservation and geographical distribution of Rh blood group polymorphism

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1253-1261

  Novotna M ^a   Havlicek J ^a   Smith, A P ^b   Kolbekova P ^a   Skallova A ^a   Klose, J ^c   Gasova Z ^d   Pisacka M ^d   Sechovska M ^e   Flegr, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Blood antigen; Blood group system; Evolution; Heterozygous advantage; Parasite; Rhesus factor

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SELECTION (GENETICS); TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 51949112427     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200800485X     Document Type: Article

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