Frequency of ABO blood Groups and Sub group A among Eljaleen tribe in Khartoum State

Abstract

Introduction: there are differences in the distribution of ABO blood group and subgroup A in different population in the world .Relatively little information is available about blood group distributions in Sudanese population .This was across sectional study conducted in Khartoum state to assess the distribution of ABO and subgroup A in four months (January to April 2014 ) among the study subject Material and metod :Two hundreds unrelated individuals unrespectable to sex from Eljaleen tribe were enrolled for this study. The investigations were done using finger prick ,slide methods and analyzed by SPSS computer program. Results: this study revealed that blood group O was the most predominant (40%) followed by blood group A (34%), blood group B was (22% )and blood group AB which represented (4%). Among the study group prevalence of subgroup A was (89.71%)and prevalence of other subgroups was (10.2 9%). Conclusion: This study concluded that distribution of ABO blood groups and subgroup A among ELjaleen tribe was not or was similar to its distribution to major other Sudanese tribes.