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Linkages between blood groups and malaria susceptibility
Minu Nain1, Amit Sharma2
1 ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi-110 077, India
2 ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research; Group Leader, Molecular Medicine, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ArunaAsaf Ali Marg, New Delhi- 110 067, India
Correspondence Address:
Minu Nain,
ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi-110 077
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/0972-9062.345177
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Blood typing has revolutionized the field of medical science since its discovery about a century back. Besides its established role in life saving blood transfusions, researchers have always been curious about the blood groups and human ailments relationship. The effect of blood groups on disease outcomes, susceptibility, and mortality has been widely explored. According to a particular school of thought, the endemicity of diseases shapes the distribution of blood group frequency in human populations and exert selection pressure favoring one blood type over another. Here we discuss the scope and associations of different blood groups in the context of malaria. |
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