Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria.
Blood group O is associated with protection against severe malaria and reduced size and stability of P.falciparum-host red blood cell (RBC) rosettes compared to non-O blood groups.Whether the non-O blood groups encoded by the specific ABO genotypes AO, BO, AA, BB and AB differ in their associations with severe malaria and rosetting is unknown.The A