title: No association of phenotypic ABO blood group and malaria during pregnancy.
abstract: In a few small studies an association between blood group O and placental malaria has been described. The relationship between blood group and malaria in pregnancy (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum) was analyzed in 1,468 women from three longitudinal cohort studies in which weekly malaria screening was done systematically during pregnancy. One-third of women (447 of 1,468) had at least one malaria infection in pregnancy. The ABO blood group phenotype was not associated with the species of infection, frequency of malaria attacks, symptoms of malaria, hematocrit, or parasitemia during pregnancy.
authors: Machteld E
authors: ME
authors: Boel
authors: Marcus J
authors: MJ
authors: Rijken
authors: Mupawjay
authors: M
authors: Pimanpanarak
authors: Naw Lily
authors: NL
authors: Keereecharoen
authors: Stephane
authors: S
authors: Proux
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Nosten
authors: Rose
authors: R
authors: McGready
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D010641:Phenotype; D010920:Placenta / Q000469:parasitology*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D010966:Plasmodium vivax; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System