Article
The effects of hemoglobin genotype and ABO blood group on the formation of rosettes by Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 1993
Udomsangpetch R, Todd J, Carlson J, Greenwood B M
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms by which the hemoglobin genotype AS protect against severe malaria are not fully understood. We have investigated the possibility that protection might be achieved through an inability of red blood cells (RBC) with the AS genotype to form rosettes with RBC infected by Plasmodium fa...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Child
- Erythrocytes
- Gambia
- Genotype
- Hemoglobins
- Humans
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Rosette Formation
