Affiliation:
1. Department of Clinical Pathology and Blood Bank, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Pin 632 004 India
Abstract
The distribution of ABO and Rh-D blood groups was studied among 150 536 blood donors screened at the Dr John Scudder Memorial Blood Bank, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, over a period of 11 years (April 1988 to March 1999). The most common blood group was found to be group O [58 330 (38.75%)], followed by group B [49 202 (32.69%)], and group A [28 372 (18.85%)]. The least common blood group was AB group [7930 (5.27%)]. A2 or A2B groups were found in 3.01% and 1.43% of donors, respectively. The prevalence of Rh-D negative group was found in 8225 (5.47%) donors. Bombay group (H negative non-secretor, genotype hh phenotype Oh) was found in six donors (0.004%). Although the incidence of Rh-D negative group was identical to previously published data from North India, the most common blood group was O group in our study as opposed to B group.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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