An update on ABO and RhD prevalence in Pakistan

Authors

  • Ayesha Junaid
  • Ayla Khawer Zubair
  • Samina Khizar

Abstract

Objective: To document RhD blood groups frequency in Pakistani population

Study Design: Retrospective

Place and duration of study: Shifa International Hospital, January 2012 to August 2012

Methodology: The subject population included healthy donors, in patients, out patients and referred patients to our hospital for blood grouping from January 2007 through December 2011

They were analyzed by ABO standardized grouping protocol, and frequency of each group was recorded. 

Results: A total of the 47,289 subjects were analyzed and the commonest blood group obtained was B (34.8%) followed by O (31.1%), A (24.2%) and AB (9.9%). 91.4% of the tested population was RhD positive (91.4%), while only 8.6% were negative for RhD antigen.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrates a low RhD negative and universal donor (O negative) population, which emphasizes the need for national RhD negative donor profiling and development of mechanisms for provision of these blood groups during emergency.

Key words: Rhesus D blood group, ABO blood group.

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03-08-2016

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Junaid A, Zubair AK, Khizar S. An update on ABO and RhD prevalence in Pakistan. Pak J Pathol [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 3 [cited 2024 Apr. 28];23(1). Available from: http://pakjpath.com/index.php/Pak-J-Pathol/article/view/104

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2012)

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