title: ABO blood groups in malaria and schistosomiasis haematobium.
abstract: We sought to determine if there was any relationship between ABO blood groups and susceptibility to malaria and urinary schistosomiasis. In Epe and outlying villages in south-western Nigeria, we examined 681 people for their blood groups, malaria parasitemia and for the presence of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in their urine specimens. Two hundred and sixty-nine individuals were parasitemic for falciparum malaria, 97 subjects had urinary schistosomiasis and 56 people carried concurrent infections of both parasites. Frequencies of the blood groups were 56.68% for group 0, 22.32% for group B, 18.5% for group A and 2.50% for the AB group. The rates of infection with malaria and/or schistosomiasis showed no significant association with the frequencies of the ABO blood groups.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004802:Eosinophilia; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D009549:Nigeria; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System