Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26375
Title: Blood group AB is associated with severe forms of dengue virus infection
Contributor(s): Murugananthan, Kalamathy (author); Subramaniyam, Sivaganesh (author); Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu (author); Owens, Leigh (author); Ketheesan, Natkunam  (author)orcid ; Noordeen, Faseeha (author)
Publication Date: 2018-03
Early Online Version: 2018-02-09
DOI: 10.1007/s13337-018-0426-8
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26375
Abstract: Several viral and host factors are believed to contribute to the development of severe forms of dengue such as dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) following a dengue virus (DENV) infection. The pathogenesis of DHF/DSS is not fully understood, however, host factors like ABO blood groups have been shown to contribute to the severity of DENV infection. The present study investigated the association of blood groups with severity of DENV infection in the northern region of Sri Lanka. The blood-groups of 405 patients positive for DENV NS1 antigen and anti-DENV IgM/IgG were determined using the standard haemagglutination assay recommended by the national blood bank/s. The occurrence of severe dengue in patients with certain blood groups was significantly different (p < 0.001) to those with other blood groups. Patients with AB blood group had more than 2.5 times higher risk of developing DHF than those with other blood groups. On the other hand, patients with blood group O were significantly under represented for DHF relative to the proportion of this blood group in the general population. Thus dengue patients with blood group O appear to have a low risk of developing DHF than those with other blood groups.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: VirusDisease, 29(1), p. 103-105
Publisher: Springer (India) Private Ltd
Place of Publication: India
ISSN: 2347-3517
2347-3584
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 320211 Infectious diseases
320701 Medical bacteriology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920109 Infectious Diseases
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200104 Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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