title: Frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy phenotypes among blood donors and malaria patients from four Brazilian Amazon areas.
abstract: We compared the serological phenotypic frequencies of ABO, MNSs, and Duffy in 417 blood donors and 309 malaria patients from four Brazilian Amazon areas. Our results suggest no correlation between ABO phenotype and malaria infection in all areas studied. We observed significant correlation between the S +s +, S +s -, and S -s + phenotypes and malaria infection in three areas. Some of the Duffy phenotypes showed significant correlation between donors and malaria patients in different areas. These data are an additional contribution to the establishment of differential host susceptibility to malaria.
authors.affiliation: Center for Microorganisms Investigation, Department of Dermatological, Infectious, and Parasitical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine of Sao José do Rio Preto, Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto 15090-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Eugênio
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cavasini
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: De Mattos
authors.forename: Renata Tomé
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Alvaro Augusto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.forename: Vanja Sueli Pachiano
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Calvosa
authors.forename: Cláudia Regina Bonini
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Domingos
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castilho
authors.forename: Andréa Regina Baptista
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rossit
authors.forename: Ricardo Luiz Dantas
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System