Frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy Phenotypes Among Blood Donors and Malaria Patients from Four Brazilian Amazon Areas

Carlos Eugênio Cavasini; Luiz Carlos De Mattos; Renata Toméalves; Álvaro Augusto Couto; Vanja Sueli Pachiano Calvosa; Cláudia Regina Bonini Domingos; Lilian Castilho; Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit; Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado

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1 April 2006 Frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy Phenotypes Among Blood Donors and Malaria Patients from Four Brazilian Amazon Areas

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Human Biology, 78(2):215-219 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1353/hub.2006.0034

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We compared the serological phenotypic frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy in 417 blood donors and 309 malaria patients from four Brazilian Amazon areas. Our results suggest no correlation between ABO phenotype and malaria infection in all areas studied. We observed significant correlation between the S s , S s−, and S−s phenotypes and malaria infection in three areas. Some of the Duffy phenotypes showed significant correlation between donors and malaria patients in different areas. These data are an additional contribution to the establishment of differential host susceptibility to malaria.

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Carlos Eugênio Cavasini, Luiz Carlos De Mattos, Renata Toméalves, Álvaro Augusto Couto, Vanja Sueli Pachiano Calvosa, Cláudia Regina Bonini Domingos, Lilian Castilho, Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit, and Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado "Frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy Phenotypes Among Blood Donors and Malaria Patients from Four Brazilian Amazon Areas," Human Biology 78(2), 215-219, (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1353/hub.2006.0034

Received: 17 December 2004; Accepted: 1 December 2005; Published: 1 April 2006

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