ABO Blood Groups and Severity to Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Infections

Authors: Barua P*

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000123

Volume 1, Issue 4

Abstract

Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women and children worldwide. This vectorborne disease is transmitted by female anopheline mosquitoes and caused by five species of the genus Plasmodium; Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, P. knowlesi. Among these disease-causing parasites, P. falciparum is the most virulent species causing the highest number of deaths specially in regions of Sub Saharan Africa and parts of Oceania with much higher transmission intensities than in most of Asia, South and Central America.

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