Blood Group AB Is Associated with Increased Risk for Severe Dengue Disease in Secondary Infections

Why certain individuals progress to severe dengue disease is unknown. In this study, blood groups associated with dengue disease were investigated. ABO phenotypes were identified by use of serum from 399 patients with dengue-virus infection who participated in a cohort study. ABO blood-group frequen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2007-04, Vol.195 (7), p.1014-1017
Hauptverfasser: Kalayanarooj, Siripen, Gibbons, Robert V., Vaughn, David, Green, Sharone, Nisalak, Ananda, Jarman, Richard G., Mammen, Mammen P., Perng, Guey-Chuen
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