ABO Blood Groups Related to Selection of Human Hosts by Yellow Fever Vector

Document Type

Article

Authors

Corinne Shear Wood, California State University, Fullerton, California

Abstract

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes significantly chose to take blood meals from hosts who possess blood group O rather than from perons who secrete group A or group B substances. Insect vectors of human diseases may act as agents of selection for certain human physiological variables.

Recommended Citation

Wood, Corinne Shear (1976) "ABO Blood Groups Related to Selection of Human Hosts by Yellow Fever Vector," Human Biology: Vol. 48: Iss. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol48/iss2/7