Abstract:
This is a descriptive study was done during the period; May to September 2005;
it was conducted to establish the frequency of ABO, Kell and Cellano antigens among
apparently healthy ALshokria tribe individuals.
100 volunteers (62 male and 38 females) according certain criteria and
interviewed using questionnaire form. Venous blood samples were collected from
them and analyzed in Sudan university of science and technology hematology
laboratory using conventional antisera for ABO and ID technique for Kell .SPSS
computer program was used for data analysis.
Results obtained showed following frequencies of ABO and Kell phenotypes:
O phenotype 64 %
A phenotype 22 %
B phenotype 1
AB phenotype 3 %
K2 phenotype 100 %
K1 phenotype 3 %
IV