title: ABO blood groups and cholera.
abstract: The ABO blood group of 87 bacteriologically proven cases of cholera and 33 bacteriologically negative cholera-like diarrhoea cases was determined. When compared with the normal blood group distribution in the population of the Philippines of the same racial group to which the patients belonged, a relatively larger number of cases were found to occur in individuals of group O and a lesser number in those of group A. A plea is made for further studies on these lines to explain the host susceptibility in cholera and other acute enterotoxigenic diarrhoeas.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics; D002771:Cholera / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System