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McDonald and Zuckerman have reported1 an excess of blood group O and a corresponding deficiency of group A among patients with influenza A2 infection. Blood group A-like antigens have been found in commercial influenza vaccines2, and injection of non-dialysable material from such vaccines has given 4- to 15-fold increases in anti-A titres3.
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FAGERHOL, M., HARBOE, A. & HARTMANN, O. Lack of Anti-A Hæmagglutinin Response to Influenza Infection. Nature 203, 1185–1186 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031185a0
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