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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 3-5 |
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Distribution of ABO and Rh-D blood groups in the Benin area of Niger-Delta: Implication for regional blood transfusion
Mathew Ebose Enosolease, Godwin Nosa Bazuaye
Department of Haematology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Mathew Ebose Enosolease
Department of Haematology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.39502
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ABO and Rhesus (Rh) blood group antigens are hereditary characters and are useful in population genetic studies, in resolving medico-legal issues and more importantly in compatibility test in blood transfusion practice. Data on frequency distribution of ABO and Rh-D in Niger-Delta region of Nigeria are not available; hence we made an attempt to retrospectively analyze the records on the blood donors, transfusion recipients and patients attending antenatal care or some other medical interventions. Over a twenty-year period between 1986 and 2005, a total of 160,431 blood samples were grouped for ABO and Rh-D at the blood bank of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. Blood group distribution among these samples showed phenotypes A, B, AB and O as 23.72%, 20.09%, 2.97% and 53.22%, respectively. The Rh-D negative phenotype was found among 6.01% of the samples tested. |
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