Blood group and shigellosis.
A study on the distribution of ABO blood groups was carried out on 85 patients with clinically and bacteriologically proven shigellosis. A significant association (P less than 0.01) of blood group B was observed with shigellosis cases in comparison to controls from whom no Shigella species or other enteropathogen could be isolated. Patients with isoagglutinin B or those who possess blood group B antigen may be at a relatively increased risk of shigellosis.
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta.
A K
AK
Sinha
S K
SK
Bhattacharya
D
D
Sen
P
P
Dutta
D
D
Dutta
M K
MK
Bhattacharya
S C
SC
Pal
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System