{"id":3657,"date":"2018-08-02T03:20:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T03:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion.pdf"},"modified":"2018-08-02T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:35:18","slug":"aboebolalatestversion","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/aboebolalatestversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Do ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups Affect Susceptibility to, and Prognosis of Ebola Virus Infection?"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"amp_status":""},"class_list":["post-3657","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/a5DV68-WZ","description":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Do ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups Affect Susceptibility to, and Prognosis of Ebola Virus Infection?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion.pdf'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf.jpg?resize=212%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the image to access the PDF file of the study.<br \/>\nFor those of you who do not feel like accessing the PDF file, here are the main parts from the study referring to the connection between the Ebola virus and rh negative blood:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The results show that the disparities in the blood group profiles of the general population, infected patients, survivors and deceased are marked enough to infer that ABO and Rhesus blood groups could be a factor in the infection and survival of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).<\/p>\n<p>Our study however, suggests that in Ebola it is not so much a higher infection rate of Blood Group O, but rather a greater <strong>resistance <\/strong>of blood group A especially, and <strong>possibly negative rhesus<\/strong> generally.<\/p>\n<p>Figure 4: The small number of 11 in the deceased group could explain<br \/>\nwhy we have no negative rhesus. There is some degree of artifact<br \/>\nintroduced by the population size but the very high percentage of O<br \/>\ndeaths, coupled with low percentage of A deaths are consistent with the<br \/>\nresults for infected and survivors. <strong>There were no Rhesus negatives in<br \/>\nthe deceased group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/figure-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24446\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/figure-2.jpg?resize=365%2C138\" alt=\"figure 2\" width=\"365\" height=\"138\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Figure 2: The relative percentages of the different blood groups in infected<br \/>\npatients under treatment shows a significant decrease in the percentage<br \/>\nof A, (a 52.6% drop) and an increase in the percentage of B of 48%. The<br \/>\nincrease in O could be considered insignificant. The fact that we have<br \/>\nno rhesus negatives in itself may be significant, but could be an artifact<br \/>\nfrom the small numbers. It is worthy of mention that Population distribution<br \/>\nwith 5.6% Rhesus negative10 should yield a rhesus negative for every<br \/>\n17 patients approximately. In a patient population of 40 we would expect<br \/>\nto see at least one negative. <strong>There were no Rhesus negatives in the<br \/>\npatient group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Figure 3: The blood group distribution of Survivors shows that the A<br \/>\nblood group is very close behind O in dominance, pointing to the high<br \/>\nsurvival of this blood group. Blood group B generally, has been reduced<br \/>\nfrom 22.3% in the general population to just 16.88%. The Rhesus<br \/>\nnegative is some 30% below the expected of 5.6%. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The results indicate that persons with blood group A get infected less and survive more in the event of Ebola exposure. It appears that persons with blood group B get infected more and survive less in the event of Ebola exposure. The seemingly high death rate of infected with blood Group O is an artifact produced by the apparent lower susceptibility to, and better prognosis of blood group A of Ebola infection. <strong>It also appears though difficult to conclude due to the low numbers that persons with negative Rhesus group generally are infected less and survive more than those with a positive Rhesus group in the event of Ebola exposure, particularly if they are of blood group A.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Further studies are necessary in order to conclude a causal association between the rhesus negative blood factor and possible resistance to the Ebola virus.<br \/>\n<\/em> <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Do ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups Affect Susceptibility to, and Prognosis of Ebola Virus Infection?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>"},"caption":{"rendered":"Click the image to access the PDF file of the study."},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"application\/pdf","media_details":{"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-106x150.jpg","width":106,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-106x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-212x300.jpg","width":212,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-212x300.jpg"},"large":{"file":"ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-725x1024.jpg","width":725,"height":1024,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf-725x1024.jpg"},"full":{"file":"ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf.jpg","width":1058,"height":1495,"mime_type":"application\/pdf","source_url":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion-pdf.jpg"}}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ABOEBOLAlatestversion.pdf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3657"}]}}