Abstract
Aim: The focus of this work was to investigate any relationship between ABO blood types and malaria parasitaemia among students of a private University based in Western Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: Whole blood samples were obtained from a randomly sampled number of students and dispensed into ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) containers which were appropriately labelled. Collected blood samples were tested for ABO blood types and malaria parasites by standard methods. Data obtained were statistically analyzed. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Microbiology and Biotechnology laboratory of Western Delta University, Oghara, Nigeria between May, 2013 to October, 2013. Methods: Venous blood of 2ml volume was obtained by venepuncture from 360 students made up of 150 (41.7%) males and 210 (58.3%) females of 28years average and who were both symptomatic and asymptomatic for malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum . Malaria parasite screening was done by both P. falciparum antigen rapid (Micropoint, USA) test and Giemsa staining. ABO blood typing was done using Monoclonal Antisera
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