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Abo Blood Groups and Chicken Pox in an Indian Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. R. Chakravartti
Affiliation:
Life Sciences Division, Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Imphal, Manipur, India
Rama Chakravartti
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Bihar, India

Abstract

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ABO blood groups have been examined in a sample of 400 chicken-pox patients and their 383 unaffected siblings from Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, India. Subjects of blood group A (and possibly AB) would appear to have a somewhat higher risk than persons with group B and O to develop chicken pox.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1977

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