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Are people with particular blood types more susceptible to infectious diseases such as malaria?
Madhav Dhodapkar, M.B.B.S., is the chief of hematology at Yale School of Medicine, and also a professor of immunobiology. He answers: “Yes. There is some suggestion that the nature of blood type may impact the susceptibility to malaria. The findings … Continue reading
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