%0 Journal Article
%T Distribution Of Abo And Rh Blood Groups In Hiv Seropositives At An Integrated Counseling And Testing Centre In Karnataka, India
%A A Banu
%A SM Ahmed
%A S Shastri
%J SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS
%P 42-45
%D 2011
%R 10.3126/saarctb.v8i2.5901
%X Introduction: ABO blood group system was the fi rst human blood group system to be discovered. Subsequent to the discovery of blood groups by Landsteiner and advancement in its study many workers tried to fi nd out associations between blood groups and the incidence of various diseases. The objective of the study was to create a blood group database which would probably help in transfusion services and fi nd out the distribution of blood groups in the seropositive population.
%K HIV seropositive
%K ABO
%K Rhesus blood groups.
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