{"id":7376,"date":"2020-04-14T11:06:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=7376"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:58:50","slug":"blood-types-and-malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-types-and-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood types and Malaria"},"content":{"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=\"Blood types and Malaria\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/malaria.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/malaria.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/malaria.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/malaria.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mXm5LTkVzt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/\">Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Blood Type O Most Protected From Malaria, Blood Type A The Worst&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/blood-type-o-protected-malaria-blood-type-worst\/embed\/#?secret=FMz9yZU1Rt#?secret=mXm5LTkVzt\" data-secret=\"mXm5LTkVzt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Now that a Chinese study has suggested similar results for the coronavirus, this post has gathered new interest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Scientists have therefore been keen to learn more about how this species of parasite makes the infected red&nbsp;<strong>blood<\/strong>&nbsp;cells so sticky. It has long been known that people with&nbsp;<strong>blood type<\/strong>&nbsp;O are protected against severe&nbsp;<strong>malaria<\/strong>, while those with other&nbsp;<strong>types<\/strong>, such as A, often fall into a coma and die. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese study has not yet been peer-reviewed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DfFFKSBxwO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-and-blood-types-higher-risk-for-blood-type-a-lower-risk-for-blood-type-o\/\">COVID-19 and Blood Types: Higher Risk for Blood Type A, Lower Risk for Blood Type O<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;COVID-19 and Blood Types: Higher Risk for Blood Type A, Lower Risk for Blood Type O&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/covid-19-and-blood-types-higher-risk-for-blood-type-a-lower-risk-for-blood-type-o\/embed\/#?secret=xz0Lwn8Eao#?secret=DfFFKSBxwO\" data-secret=\"DfFFKSBxwO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Findings regarding malaria and blood type O have been confirmed again and again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Group O was associated with a 66% reduction in the odds of developing severe malaria compared with the non-O blood groups <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2077280\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2077280\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Studies of the interaction between&nbsp;<em>Plasmodium vivax<\/em>&nbsp;and the Duffy antigen provide the clearest example of the potential for basic research on blood groups and malaria to be translated into a vaccine that could have a major impact on global health. Progress is also being made in understanding the effects of other blood group antigens on malaria. After years of controversy, the effect of ABO blood groups on falciparum malaria has been clarified, with the non-O blood groups emerging as significant risk factors for life-threatening malaria&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2878475\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2878475\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plasmodium<\/strong>&nbsp;is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of&nbsp;<strong>Plasmodium<\/strong>&nbsp;species involve development in a blood-feeding insect host which then injects parasites into a vertebrate host during a blood meal.<br><\/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=\"Blood types and Malaria\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"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 src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" 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=\"Blood types and Malaria\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Scientists have therefore been keen to learn more about how this species of parasite makes the infected red&nbsp;blood&nbsp;cells so sticky. It has long been known that people with&nbsp;blood type&nbsp;O are protected against severe&nbsp;malaria, while those with other&nbsp;types, such as A, often fall into a coma and die. The Chinese study has not yet been peer-reviewed. 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