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Further studies on the AB0-typing of ancient bones

G. Kellermann

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Bone materialPositive reactionGeneticsmedicinePhysiologySmallpoxTypingBiologymedicine.diseaseVirologyGenetics (clinical)

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This paper deals with the AB0-typing of bone material from the 14th century. From 151 femora, 126 gave a positive reaction, the rest did not react at all. 53.9% A, 16.7% B, 23.8% H and 5.6% AB are the respective results. Some hypotheses suggesting relations between infectious diseases and AB0 blood groups are discussed. The AB0 distribution seems to point to an association with plague and smallpox.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00278042