Author(s)

John Nwangwu^1*, Ivan Roland², David Mbelwa³, Cassian Magori³, Marian Evans¹, Cynthia Price⁴

¹Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
²Department of Physiology, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
³Department of Anatomy, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
⁴Department of Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.

The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between occurrence of malaria infection with that of human blood group in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania. The study was based on data collected randomly from the patients who were screened for malaria of all age groups for a period of three months at Mission Mikocheni Hospital. During this time period, a total of 430 blood samples were collected. From the study findings, it is clear that more than 50% of the patients tested were positive for malaria. Further analysis revealed that about 50% of malaria positive patients were type “O” blood group.

Prevalence, Malaria Infection, ABO Human Blood Group

Nwangwu, J. , Roland, I. , Mbelwa, D. , Magori, C. , Evans, M. and Price, C. (2017) Prevalence of Malaria Infection and ABO Human Blood Group in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Advances in Infectious Diseases, 7, 153-157. doi: 10.4236/aid.2017.74016.