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Frequencies and ethnic distribution of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups in Mauritania: results of first nationwide study.
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International journal of immunogenetics [Int J Immunogenet] 2012 Apr; Vol. 39 (2), pp. 151-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Nov 29. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- There is no data available on the ABO/Rh(D) frequencies in the Mauritanian population. We retrospectively analysed records of a 5-year database that contained ABO/Rh phenotype and ethnic origin of 10 116 volunteers giving blood at the national blood transfusion centre to derive the frequencies of ABO/Rh(D) groups in the Mauritanian population. The two race categories in the country and their sub-ethnic groups: the Moors (whites and black) and the black Africans (Pulhars, Soninkes and Wolof) were included in this study. Globally, group O had the highest frequency (49.10%) followed by A (28.28%), B (18.56%) and AB (4.05%). This order more common in North African populations was found in four of the five ethnic groups composing our population. Allele frequencies were, respectively, 70.20%, 17.74% and 12.04% giving the same order of O > A > B. We observed no significant variation in these frequencies between the different ethnic groups. Rhesus study showed that with a percentage of 94.23% Rh(D) positive is by far the most prevalent, while Rh(D) negative is present only in 5.77% of the total population. This frequency distribution supports the mixed-race composition of the Mauritanian population.<br /> (© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
- Subjects :
- ABO Blood-Group System genetics
ABO Blood-Group System immunology
Alleles
Blood Donors
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching methods
Ethnicity genetics
Female
Genetics, Population
Humans
Male
Mauritania ethnology
Phenotype
Population Surveillance
Retrospective Studies
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System genetics
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System immunology
ABO Blood-Group System blood
Gene Frequency
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System blood
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1744-313X
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of immunogenetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22128837
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01064.x