Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Background. Rhesus antigens have been documented to cause haemolytic disease of the newborn as well as acute and delayed transfusion reactions. This study was performed to evaluate the frequency of rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E, and e) in the studied population. Method. This study was a cross-sectiona...
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| author | Joyce Ezekiel Etura Rose A. Amaechi Josephine O. Akpotuzor Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu |
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| description | Background. Rhesus antigens have been documented to cause haemolytic disease of the newborn as well as acute and delayed transfusion reactions. This study was performed to evaluate the frequency of rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E, and e) in the studied population. Method. This study was a cross-sectional study involving 130 prospective blood donors attending University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) donor clinic. Donors were grouped for Rh antisera (anti-E, anti-e, anti-C, anti-c, and anti-D) using the standard serologic technique. Result. The most prevalent Rh antigen was “c” (98.5%), followed by “D” (97.7%), while the least was “C” (30.7%). The most prevalent phenotype was cDe/cDe (R0R0). Conclusion. This work therefore concludes that the most prevalent rhesus antigen and rhesus phenotype was c and cDe/cDe among blood donors in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-515d3a3f01c14ea59cc62b51b90d40d12025-08-20T03:36:38ZengWileyAdvances in Hematology1687-91041687-91122020-01-01202010.1155/2020/26593982659398Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, NigeriaJoyce Ezekiel Etura0Rose A. Amaechi1Josephine O. Akpotuzor2Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu3Haematology Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaHaematology Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, NigeriaHaematology Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaHaematology Unit, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, NigeriaBackground. Rhesus antigens have been documented to cause haemolytic disease of the newborn as well as acute and delayed transfusion reactions. This study was performed to evaluate the frequency of rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E, and e) in the studied population. Method. This study was a cross-sectional study involving 130 prospective blood donors attending University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) donor clinic. Donors were grouped for Rh antisera (anti-E, anti-e, anti-C, anti-c, and anti-D) using the standard serologic technique. Result. The most prevalent Rh antigen was “c” (98.5%), followed by “D” (97.7%), while the least was “C” (30.7%). The most prevalent phenotype was cDe/cDe (R0R0). Conclusion. This work therefore concludes that the most prevalent rhesus antigen and rhesus phenotype was c and cDe/cDe among blood donors in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2659398 |
| spellingShingle | Joyce Ezekiel Etura Rose A. Amaechi Josephine O. Akpotuzor Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Advances in Hematology |
| title | Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | demographics of rhesus phenotype of blood donors in calabar a case study of university of calabar teaching hospital calabar cross river state nigeria |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/2659398 |
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