Prevalence of Malaria Infection and ABO Human Blood Group in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

• 作者: Cassian Magori Cynthia Price David Mbelwa Ivan Roland John Nwangwu Marian Evans
• 来源期刊: 传染病进展(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: PREVALENCE MALARIA INFECTION ABO Human BLOOD GROUP
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（4）
• 页码范围: 153-157
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between occurrence of malaria infection with that of human blood group in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania. The study was based on data collected randomly from the patients who were screened for malaria of all age groups for a period of three months at Mission Mikocheni Hospital. During this time period, a total of 430 blood samples were collected. From the study findings, it is clear that more than 50% of the patients tested were positive for malaria. Further analysis revealed that about 50% of malaria positive patients were type “O” blood group.