Only a little is known about the studies done with filariasis in relation to blood groups. The present communication reports the results of a preliminary study carried out to investigate any relationship of ABO and Rho(D) blood groups in persons with circulating microfilariae (mf) in blood and with disease manifestations ...

In this study we have examined the influence of ABO and Rh blood groups as well as the effect of cigarette smoking on the level of NK activity in healthy men. Blood bank donors and age-matched non-donors have been evaluated independently. As far as ABO blood groups are concerned, higher ...

The effect of dichlorvos on the blood cells of P. pictus males and females was studied. The insecticide produced numerous changes in the haemocytes, such as changes in shape and size, displacement of the nucleus, bulging of the cytoplasm, formation of pseudopodia, vacuolation, shrinkage of the nucleus and karyorrhexis. The ...

We have established a new simian-type blood group system (M blood groups) in the African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops), using a haemagglutinating antibody which was developed by alloimmunization. The M blood groups consisted of two phenotypes, type-M and type-m. We have also determined the mode of inheritance as well as ...

Phenotype and gene frequency distributions of the Rh system in the province of Lucca (Italy) are reported and discussed considering their diachronic and geographic variations. The data were collected in blood transfusion centers and refer to a total of 13,856 individuals. Analysis by chi 2- and R-matrix methods point to ...

The emergency blood needs of 449 patients were met by supplying 1,717 uncrossmatched units of either red blood cells (RBC) type specific Whole Blood or group O RBC. The RBC were all Rh positive, and 601 units were transfused to 262 untyped patients. None of the patients presented with anti-Rh ...

The distribution of AB0 and LH blood groups among five Punjabi populations from North India (Jat Sikh, Bania, Brahmin, Sikh Khatri and Hindu Khatri) is reported. Significant differences have been found in many cases regarding the distribution of AB0 and LH systems, especially between Sikh Khatris and Hindu Khatris, who ...

"A joint study by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Bureau of the Census examines special tabulations of U.S. residents born in Canada from the 1980 census of the United States and compares them with matching tabulations of Canadian residents born in the United States from the 1981 census of Canada. ...

We describe a child with dermatomyositis and calcified necrosis in the middle third of both ureters. Histopathological examination showed vasculitis associated with ureteral necrosis and calcification. These findings together with a similar previous report in the literature have prompted us to correlate dermatomyositis in childhood with ureteral necrosis and to ...

Blood samples from 340 unrelated individuals in Fukui prefecture in the central part of Japan were tested in order to determine the gene frequencies of the C6 common alleles. The gene frequencies calculated were as follows: C6 A, 0.478, C6 B, 0.464, C6 B2, 0.052 and rare alleles, 0.006. It ...

ABO, Rh and MN blood groups were studied among the people of Ahwaz, Khuzistan, Iran. The people of Ahwaz are characterized by high frequencies of the blood groups 0 (41.16%), Rh-positive (90.0%) and MN (48.13%). These frequencies are significantly different from those obtained in other Iranian populations, which is caused ...

The importance of determination of ABO Blood Groups in antenatal patients is considered, particularly in the context of the diagnosis of ABO mediated haemolytic disease of the newborn and blood transfusion during pregnancy and delivery. It is concluded that the investigation is of little benefit to either patient or doctor, ...

Blood samples from 120 Tunisian Berbers of Gallala village were typed for Gm and Km immunoglobulin allotypes, alpha-1-antitrypsin variants and AB0 blood groups. The results were compared with those of other Berber groups. The combined data, considered in the light of sociological, historical and paleontological data, support the hypothesis that ...

Glycolipids extracted from groups A, B, and O erythrocytes were developed on thin-layer plates; their ABO blood group antigenicities were detected by immunostaining method using avidin-biotin-complex (ABC). Among series of glycolipids of different flow rates, antigen-specific staining was observed in five bands from group A1 erythrocytes, four bands from group ...

Serial blood samples were taken at two-hour intervals over a 24-hour period from 25 premenopausal vegetarians (12 vegans and 13 ovolactovegetarians) and from 21 omnivorous controls. All members of the former group had been on a vegetarian diet for a minimum of three years. The mean proportion of estradiol unbound ...

The author examines internal migration and its relation to economic conditions in Poland during the period since World War II. The "basic facets of internal migration in Poland, as they prevailed over the last decades, will be summarized in Section 2 and [compared] with the most recent mobility trends. Section ...

The level of blood plasma apolipoproteins A-I and B was studied in Moscow and Prague residents with different types of hyperlipoproteinaemia (HLP). The analysis proceeded in two directions. On the one hand, lipoprotein (LP) spectra in residents of both cities with the same type of LP disturbance (HLP type IIa, ...

Serological analysis of the red cells from members of a large French-Canadian kindred proved that the Swa antigen is not part of the P1, Dombrock or Yt blood group systems. A linkage analysis of the SW blood group locus in relation to 27 other loci indicates that SW is not ...

ABO(H)- and Lewis-activities in the human alimentary canal were investigated by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method using commercial mouse monoclonal antibodies in order to clarify (1) the changes apparent in these activities in carcinoma of the digestive tract or premalignant intestinal metaplasia of the stomach and (2) the relationship of the ...

A survey on distribution of ten red cell blood group systems was carried out in 1985 in the Yi, Tibetan and Manchu nationalities in China. Significant differences were found in the distribution of Rh, MNSs, P and especially in the ABO system, while no significant difference was found for Diego, ...

New data on blood groups among Egyptians (Dakahlya province) are obtained by studying eight blood group systems: ABO, Rhesus, MNSs, Kell, Duffy, Kidd, P and Lewis. Comparing our results with the data reported in neighbouring countries, we found in Egypt a high frequency of B, NS, cDe and K genes, ...

Forty-one individuals from Rurutu Island (Austral Archipelagos) and 41 individuals from the Gambier Archipelagos have been typed for HLA; for blood groups ABO, Rh, MNSs, P, Kell, Kp, Lewis, Lutheran, Kidd; for the electrophoretic systems G6PD, 6-PGD, PGM1, PGM2, AcP, ADA, GPT, Est-D, GLO I, and for the immunoglobulin allotypes ...

The distribution of ABO and Rhesus blood groups, serum haptoglobin, and transferrin; red cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase; and hemoglobin was studied among the two aboriginal negroid tribes (Nuba and Fur); the Nilotic tribe; five tribes of Arab ancestory; and a mixed group of other minor tribes of Arab ...

In order to firmly establish a normal range for von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag), we determined plasma vWF:Ag concentrations in 1,117 volunteer blood donors by quantitative immunoelectrophoresis. The presence of the ABO blood group has a significant influence on vWF:Ag values; individuals with blood group O had the lowest mean ...

Small intestinal epithelial cells (enterocytes) were isolated from specimens obtained at operation from four human individuals with different blood group ABO, Lewis, and secretor phenotypes. The non-acid glycolipids were isolated and characterized by thin-layer chromatography, mass spectrometry, and proton NMR spectroscopy and for reactivity with monoclonal antibodies on thin-layer chromatograms. ...

The unlabeled antibody (PAP) immunoperoxidase technique was applied to the ABO blood grouping of human scalp hairs. Hair samples were subjected to longitudinal- or cross-sectioning, thus obtaining suitable samples for subsequent immunostaining. The immunostaining was carried out using rabbit anti-A and anti-B sera as the primary antibodies. With this technique, ...

The weapon at the scene of a suicide provides a resource in addressing such questions as frequency of blood in or on the weapon, location of the weapon with respect to the body, and evidence of firearm discharge residues on the hand. The first 195 weapons were tested for blood ...

Recently, the Balans chair has been introduced with claims that, because of its semi-kneeling position, individuals will experience decreased low-back pain (LBP) as well as improvement in circulation. This study investigated the validity of these claims. Twenty healthy subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Group 1 subjects ...

This study evaluated the effect of pneumatic tube transport on blood bank specimens and products. No important differences were found between aliquots transported in the tube system and those stored in the laboratory as controls. ABO, Rh, antibody detection or identification, direct antiglobulin testing, and elution were studied. Further, no ...

Tracheobronchial blood flow increases two to five times in response to cold and warm dry air hyperventilation in anesthetized tracheostomized dogs. In this series of experiments we have attempted to attenuate this increase by blockade of the autonomic nervous system. Four groups of anesthetized, tracheostomized, open-chest dogs were studied. Group ...

Two distinct K phenotypes with normal frequency distribution curves were found and identified as low (LK) and high (HK) potassium types in the red blood cells of 748 Angora goats. The division between the two types was arbitrarily assigned at 24.9 meq/l. Of the two KRBC level types; the LK ...

ABO blood group data from about 78,000 conscripts born 1900-1935 in Southeast Sweden have been analyzed for regional differentiation using a hierarchical subdivision of the area. Heterogeneity was present at all levels of division. Gene diversity among subpopulations has been compared to a corresponding estimate performed on data from the ...

We describe a new antiserum that has the unique ability to distinguish homozygous from heterozygous genotypes in the G blood group system of rhesus monkeys. With this new typing serum (reagent), all 10 possible genotypes in this system can be distinguished and the utility of blood typing for genetic studies ...

Blood typing with several blood systems is used in many countries to determine paternity or nonpaternity with respect to an alleged father. Various probabilities are usually presented, in particular: the conditional probability of excluding a random man as father given a particular mother-child phenotype combination, and the expected (unconditional) exclusion ...

In all, 217 primiparous goats were each injected with blood cells from their own newborn kid. Eighty-five goats were given mononuclear cells, 61 were given leucocytes and 71 received whole blood. The goats were injected one, two or three times before collection of sera. Sera were also collected from 42 ...

The distribution of ABO and Rhesus (D) blood groups was studied retrospectively in 40 patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Only patients with a leukoerythroblastic peripheral blood, splenomegaly and marrow fibrosis in whom chronic myeloid leukemia and secondary myelofibrosis was absent were included in the study. In 14 patients (35%), PMF ...

During studies of diarrhoea due to Escherichia coli in 316 adult volunteers, ABO and Rh blood group determinations were done to look for differences in the occurrence or severity of illness in association with certain blood groups. In studies using heat-labile enterotoxin-producing E. coli, volunteers with O blood group had ...

In a two-men paternity testing analysis, the first putative father was definitely excluded by six blood group systems; the second one was apparently excluded in the Rh system. In fact, an analysis by flow-cytometry demonstrated that this false exclusion was due to the presence of a D--haplotype in the father ...

Lysates of heads, hind- and midguts of male and female Phlebotomus papatasi were found to contain lectins or lectin-like molecules capable of agglutinating human red blood cell types of the ABO(H) system and promastigotes of Leishmania aethiopica, L. major and L. donovani but not L. hertigi hertigi promastigotes or Crithidia ...

The use of a Nanospec 10 S microspectrophotometer to examine minute bloodstains is discussed. To satisfy criteria for chemical identity, absorption spectra were recorded before and after treatment of the blood with Takayama reagent. The technique is of value where only tiny particulate bloodstains are available for testing and in ...

Dipsticks for determining ABO blood groups were developed, based on the principles of dot immunobinding assays. Their sensitivity and specificity equalled those of conventional agglutination tests and they were simple, fast, stable, inexpensive, and easy to interpret. Since they used whole blood and did not require refrigeration or equipment, they ...

Approximately 2,800 laboratories participated in the 1983 Comprehensive Blood Bank Survey of the College of American Pathologists. Sixteen reference laboratories participated to validate the results and provide a referee consensus for grading of antibody studies. Participant consensus was used to evaluate ABO, Rh, and crossmatching results. Ungraded antigen typing results ...

Five regional groups of the Kalitas, an Assamese caste group, have been investigated for the distribution of anthropometric and dermatoglyphic traits as well as for the distribution of ABO blood groups and PTC taste sensitivity. The intergroup variability is to some extent considerable. The possible reasons for that are discussed.

The prognostic value of Laurén's histopathological classification system and the ABO blood group system has been studied in 275 patients with cancer of the stomach. The study disclosed a higher rate of tumours of intestinal type in females aged 70 years or more compared with those under 70 years, but ...

A crude polysaccharide that hemolyzed human red blood cells of the ABO types was isolated from the condensed tannin fraction of Sorghum bicolor. It contained primarily 2-hydroxybenzoic acid and glucose and had a molecular weight of greater than 6000. Limit hemolytic activity for each of four blood group cells corresponded ...

Blood banks face significant problems supplying blood units compatible with erythrocyte antigens other than ABO and rhesus D. In this study the number of such units was evaluated between 1973 and 1982, and it was found that 1.5% of the total number of blood units were compatible with other antigens ...

A series of examinations is presented for human origin identification and ABO blood grouping of doubtful minute human blood stains. A blood-stained thread (0.5 cm in length) was first tested to identify human origin by microprecipitation method and then the ABO blood type was determined by both a modified absorption-elution ...

Seventy-nine stone-formers underwent a metabolic investigation and ABO blood group determination. Incidence of blood groups in patients was similar to ABO phenotypes distribution in general population. The 37.7 p. 100 showed family history for stones. Idiopathic hypercalciuria was present in 40.3 p. 100 of cases; stone-formers with positive family history ...

Blood flow and its distribution was examined in summer and winter acclimatized normothermic and hyperthermic domestic hens. A clear trend of season on normothermic blood flow distribution was not noted; however, a significant tendency towards increased flow in summer was recorded. In 22 out of 28 organs or tissues examined, ...

Two independent samples of psychiatric outpatients (n = 52 and 60) with blood type A or O completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, an abbreviated version of the SCL-90. In both samples patients with blood type A scored significantly higher than those with type O on the 'Obsessive-Compulsive' and 'Psychoticism' factors. ...