Frequency of ABO, Rhesus and Kell (K1&K2) Blood Group and Phenotypes among Albederia Sudanese Ethnic group

Abstract

This is a prospective and analytical study, aimed to determine the frequency of ABO Rh (C,c,D,E,e) and Kell antigen and phenotypes, among Albderia Sudanese tribe. Also aimed at establish ABO, Rh (C,c,D,E,e) and Kell blood group baseline data for this Sudan anise tribe to determine the interaction between this tribe and other Sudanese tribes which will be useful in blood transfusion. The study was conducted in marwee locality during three months (January to march 2010), following informed consent, a total of hundred venous blood samples were collected 2.5 ml into Blain containers from unrelated individual. All samples were tested for ABO Rh (C,c,D,E,e) and Kell antigens using the slide agglutination techniques. The result obtained showed that, The O group was most common frequently occurred (51%), followed by group B (32%), group A was found (16%) and the least common was group AB (3%). The Rh (D) antigen was most common frequently occurred (97%), followed by e antigen (91%), followed by c antigen (79%), antigen C was found (66%), and the least common was antigen E (18%). K2 was (100%) and K1 was (4%). There was marked similarities between the Sudanese tribes that lived in the same geographical area like Alshigeia tribes , 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. This study showed high frequency of B antigen‬‬ ‫,‪in these tribes in comparison with other Sudanese‬‬ ‫.‪group A is slightly low‬‬