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• TITLE: Prevalence of Malaria Infection and ABO Human Blood Group in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

  AUTHORS: John Nwangwu, Ivan Roland, David Mbelwa, Cassian Magori, Marian Evans, Cynthia Price

  KEYWORDS: Prevalence, Malaria Infection, ABO Human Blood Group

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol.7 No.4, December 4, 2017

  ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between occurrence of malaria infection with that of human blood group in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania. The study was based on data collected randomly from the patients who were screened for malaria of all age groups for a period of three months at Mission Mikocheni Hospital. During this time period, a total of 430 blood samples were collected. From the study findings, it is clear that more than 50% of the patients tested were positive for malaria. Further analysis revealed that about 50% of malaria positive patients were type “O” blood group.