The frequency of ABO , Rhesus(D) and kidd (Jka&JKb) Blood Group Antigens & phenotypes among Al Husa Sudanese tribe

Abstract

This is a prospective and analytical study, aimed to determine the frequency of ABO, Rh(D) and kidd antigens, and phenotypes, among Husa Sudanese tribe.It also aimed at established ABO, Rh(D) and Kidd blood group baseline data for this Sudanese tribe.and it determine the interaction between this tribe and other Sudanese tribes which this will be useful in the blood transfusion. The study was conducted during three months (April to July, 2007), Following informed consent, a total of hundred venous blood samples were collected from unrelated individual into 2.5 ml EDTA containers. All samples were tested for ABO and Rh(D) antigens by using the slide agglutination techniques.And kidd antigens were tested by the immune-diffusion gel technique. The results obtained showed that, The O group was most common ( 50% ) , followed by group B ( 27%), group A was found ( 17% ) and least common was group AB ( 6%). The Rh(D) antigen was (94%). JKa was(92%) and JKb was (48%). Regarding to Husa tribe there was slight similarities between other Sudanese tribes, this could be due to their migration from west Africa and the wandering nature of this tribe.There was marked similarities between Husa and west African tribes as in Nigerian tribes .