The Incidence of Malaria Parasites in Screened Donor Blood for Transfusion

Table 3

Prevalence of malaria parasites among the blood groups.

	Blood group
Malaria status	A^+	A^−	B^+	B^−	AB^+	O^+	O^−	Total
Negative (%)	19.2	0.8	17.6	1	6.8	50.4	1	96.8
Positive (%)	0.8	0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.6	0	3.2
Total (%)	20	0.8	18	1.2	7	52	1	100

All the blood groups had some malaria positivity except O⁻ and A⁻.