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The role of ABO blood groups and secretor status in host defences
1Department of Bacteriology, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
FEMS Microbiology Immunology
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
Epidemiological studies on the associations between ABO blood group antigens, secretor status and susceptibility to infectious agents are summarized. Evidence for association of non-secretion with some autoimmune diseases for which infectious aetiologies have been proposed is also given. Several hypotheses are proposed to explain the host-parasite interactions underlying the epidemiological observations, and evidence to support or refute them is presented.