Frequencies of Blood Group Systems MNS, Diego, and Duffy and Clinical Phases of Carrion’s Disease in Amazonas, Peru

Table 1

General data and clinical phases of the samples analyzed in this study.

Characteristics	Tomocho-Collicate-Vista Hermosa	Miraflores
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
Sample	40	36
Sex
Male	17 (42.5)	14 (38.9)
Female	23 (57.5)	22 (61.1)
Total	40 (100.0)	36 (100.0)
Age
𝑋  ± SD years	23.5 ± 10.6	29.5 ± 22.9
Clinical phases*
Acute phase only	1^a	12
Chronic phase only	22	0
Acute and chronic phases	0	1^b
No reported disease or healthy	17	23
Total	40	36
Total for analysis	39 ^a	35 ^b

𝑋  ± SD is the mean ± standard deviation.
*Clinical phases’ data of each individual were obtained by self-report (personal interviews) and/or review of clinical records for verification of treatment or supervision of the Carrion’s disease.
^aOne individual had acute phase and was removed from the analysis “blood group versus clinical phase” in Tomocho-Collicate-Vista Hermosa area, reducing our sample from 40 to 39 individuals.
^bOne individual had acute and chronic phases and was removed from the analysis “blood group versus clinical phase” in Miraflores area, reducing our sample from 36 to 35 individuals.