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This cross-sectional study was conducted between August and October 2018.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Plasmodium falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      -infected individuals were categorized as severe malaria and uncomplicated malaria. A total of 400 febrile patients were enrolled. The majority (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 251; 62.8%) was positive\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P. falciparum<\/jats:italic>\n                      in microscopy test, of whom 180 (71.7%) had uncomplicated malaria and 71 (28.3%) severe malaria; 32.3%, 18.3%, 2.8%, and 46.6% were found to be blood group of A, B, AB, and O, respectively. In the multivariate analysis using the logistic regression models, severe malaria was high among patients with A blood group compared to those with O blood group (45.8% vs. 13.7%; adjusted odds ratio: 5.3 [95% confidence interval: 2.7\u201310.5];\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). 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