Article
[Typhoid fever in children: association with blood phenotypes ABO, Rh and MNSs].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 1992
Herrera P, Valenzuela C Y, Arias H, Olivarí F, Terán C, Ubilla C, Bravo P, Farías P, Oviedo I
Abstract excerpt
The hypothesis that blood phenotype B is associated to typhoid fever either directly or interacting with other phenotypes of the Rh or MNSs blood systems was tested. 256 children from the Northern Area of Santiago (Chile) with bacteriologically confirmed typhoid fever and 329 afebrile controls matched by age and gender from the same population, were studied. Association was found between phenotype RH3 and...
Topics
- Blood Group Antigens
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Typhoid Fever