Association between ABO, Rheus blood group systems and haemoglobin genotype among confirmed HIV/AIDS-TB co-infected patients in Enugu urban, Nigeria
| Autor: | EO Ukaejiofo, T Nubila |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Genotype Population Nigeria Comorbidity ABO Blood-Group System Hemoglobins Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine ABO blood group system Prevalence medicine Humans Sex Distribution education education.field_of_study Rh-Hr Blood-Group System AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections business.industry Nigerians Case-control study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Case-Control Studies Immunology Female business |
| Zdroj: | West African Journal of Medicine; Vol 25, No 1 (2006); 61-64 |
| ISSN: | 0189-160X |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The distribution of ABO, Rhesus blood group and haemoglobin (Hb) genotypes was investigated among 320 confirmed human immunodeficiency virus I & II (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients. One Hundred and Sixty (160) healthy HIV I & II negative age and sex-matched population were used as controls for this study. STUDY DESIGN: Patients and controls were from the same environment and their blood groups and Hb genotypes were determined by the standard tube and electrophoresis methods respectively. RESULTS: The statistical analysis of the results revealed statistically significant association (P |
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