Abstract:
This prospective and describtive cross- sectional study, aimed to determine the
frequency of ABO, Rh(D) and kell antigens, and phenotypes, among Al
halfaween Sudanese tribe. Also aimed at established ABO, Rh(D) and Kidd blood
group baseline data for this Sudanese tribe to determine the interaction between
this tribe and other Sudanese tribes which 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) antigenes by using the slide agglutination techniques, and kidd
antigenes were tested by the immune-diffusion gel technique.
The results obtained showed that, The O group was most common frequently
occurred ( 45% ) , followed by group A ( 31%), group B was found ( 21% ) and
least common was group AB ( 3%).
The Rh(D) antigen was (87%).
JKa was(70%) and JKb was (10%).
There was a marked similarities between the Sudanese tribes that lived in the
same geographical area this could be due to intermarriage , while the difference
that seen in some tribes could be most probably due to the wandering nature of
these tribes.
