Open AccessBlood group, secretor status and susceptibility to bacterial meningitis
Author(s) -
Blackwell C.C.,
Jonsdottir K.,
Weir D.M.,
Hanson M.F.,
Cartwright K.A.V.,
Stewart J.,
Jones D.,
Mohammed I.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02420.x
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , meningitis , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , pediatrics
Epidemiological evidence is summarized for associations of ABO blood group and secretor status with susceptibility to invasive disease due to capsulate organisms responsible for the majority of bacterial meningitis. Host‐parasite interactions that might underly these findings are proposed and evidence to support or refute them provided.