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Genetic predisposition to chikungunya--a blood group study in chikungunya affected families.
Virology journal - 16 Jun 2009
Lokireddy Sudarsanareddy, Sarojamma Vemula, Ramakrishna Vadde
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya fever is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of CHIKV virus infected Aedes mosquitoes. During monsoon outbreak of chikungunya fever, we carried out the genetic predisposition to chikungunya in disease affected 100 families by doing blood group (ABO) tests by focusing on individuals who were likely to have a risk of chikungunya and identified the blood group involved in...
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