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Volume 23

October - December 2007 (Part-II)

Number  6


 

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Frequency of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups
in five governorates in Gaza-Strip

Younis Abed EL-Wahhab Skaik1, Amany Samir Alhawary2,
Alaa Salem Shbair3, Basma Bashir Hamouda4

ABSTRACT

Objective: To document the frequency of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups in five regions in Gaza-Strip.

Methodology: ABO and Rh (D) typing was carried out over a period of three months, included 14,916 (13,691 retrospective and 1,225 prospective) subjects from both genders, collected from records of hospitals and students of Laboratory Medicine Department at Al-Azhar University - Gaza, respectively. A finger prick blood samples (1,225) from both genders were tested for ABO and Rh(D) blood groups by routine slide method.

Results: The blood group "O" was the predominant (38.1%) in both Rh positive and negative subjects among the five governorates in Gaza-Strip, except in Gaza city and Rafah where the blood Group-A was the highest (11.4%, 4.5%) respectively. The percentage of Rh (D) positive and negative subjects was (83.3%) and (10.7%) respectively.

Conclusion: The frequency of ABO blood groups in both Rh positive and negative subjects among the five governorates in Gaza-Strip was O>A>B>AB, except in Rafah and Gaza city governorates where the blood group A was the commonest among Rh positive subjects.

KEY WORDS: ABO, Rh(D), Blood groups.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2007 (Part-II)    Vol. 23 No. 6    924-927


1. Younis Abed EL-Wahhab Skaik,
2. Amany Samir Alhawary,
3. Alaa Salem Shbair,
4. Basma Bashir Hamouda,
1-4: Department of Laboratory Medicine,
Al-Azhar University-Gaza,
P.O. Box (1277),
Gaza – Palestine.

Correspondence

Mr. Younis A. Skaik,
16/46 Omar Al-Mokhtar Street,
AL-Rimal, Gaza,
Palestine.
Email: y_skaik@hotmail.com

* Received for Publication: June 29, 2007
* Revision Received: August 18, 2007
* Revision Accepted: August 30, 2007



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