Relationship Between ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups and Susceptibility to Asthma Within Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria

The RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ABO BLOOD GROUPS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DIARRHEA IN INFANTS DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

ABO blood groups and susceptibility to brucellosis.

The relationship between blood groups and some infections such as norovirus, cholera, and malaria has been reported. Despite the importance of brucellosis, there is a lack of data on the relationship between blood groups and brucellosis. Thus, in this study, we examined the relationship between blood groups and brucellosis. In this case-control study, the blood groups of 100 patients with bruce...

Smallpox Vaccination: Abo and Rhesus Blood Groups.

The hypothesis has been advanced (Pettenkofer and Bickerich, I96o) that vaccinia virus and, by implication, variola virus contain antigenic properties similar to human blood group A substance. Vogel, Pettenkofer, and Helmbold (I960) assert that possession by variola virus of a material serologically resembling human blood group A substance may have been responsible, in part, for determining the...

Relationship between ABO blood groups and oral cancer.

BACKGROUND Cancer is a unique disease characterized by abnormal growth of cells which have the ability to invade the adjacent tissues and sometimes even distant organs. Oral cancer has multifactorial etiology and is significantly associated with risk factors of the individual's lifestyle, particularly, chronic use of tobacco, spicy food, alcohol and smoking. Many studies have indicated that gen...

Distribution of ABO and rhesus blood groups in Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.

Blood group systems are determined early in intrauterine life, specific to the individual and therefore significant in management and identification. Seven hundred and ninety five volunteer students of the Abraka campus of Delta State University were analyzed in this 4-year retrospective study. Amongst ABO system, blood group O was most common followed by A, B and AB respectively. Rhesus positi...