Leprosy and Blood Groups

Blood groups and leprosy.

The problem of the relation between blood groups and disease has been the subject of many investigations. An important paper appeared as early as 46 years ago (Buchanan and Higley, 1921). Specific studies about blood groups and leprosy also date back to the twenties (Puente, 1927-28 and others). Since that time the relation between the ABO blood groups and this disease has been tested in differ...

ABO blood groups and leprosy.

Leprosy and ABO blood groups.

Cases were selected from the Skin Out-patients Department and Leprosy Clinic of S.S. Hospital, Banaras Hindu University and the Leprosy Clinic at Chowka Ghat, Varanasi. Patients belonging to any other province or country were excluded. Blood was grouped by the slide method described by Stratton and Renton (1958). The control material consisted of data on 2583 recipients of blood at the hospital...

Blood groups: In Health and Diseases

ABO blood type antigens are polymorphic, inherited structures presented on the surface of red blood cells. Although ABO blood group antigens is the most important antigens in transfusion medicine, its main role is not clearly clarified. Correlation between ABO blood group and susceptibility to certain infectious and non-infectious diseases is a controversial issue. Since, lack of blood type ant...

Association and Distribution of Hypertension, Obesity and ABO Blood groups in Blood Donors

Abstract Background Hypertension is a major health problem, especially because it has no clear symptoms. It is strongly correlated with modifiable risk factors such as adiposities, age, stress, high salt intake. Overweight and obesity is conveniently determined from BMI and visceral adiposity is determined by waist circumference. ABO blood group is one such factor which needs to be investiga...