2018•Annals of Applied Bio-SciencesOpen access
The Prevalence of ABO and Rh Blood Groups in General Population and Comparing Male and Female Blood Group Distribution
Neelam Sahani, Chintamani Pathak, Somshankar Chowdhury, Preeti Sharma, Shweta Sushmita, Indrani Dhawan
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Abstract
It is important to know the frequency of ABO and Rh group in a region to ensure safe and effective blood transfusion services and also to prevent the erythroblastosis fetalis in a Rh negative mother carrying Rh positive fetus.Apart from this, certain blood groups have been found to be associated with diseases like duodenal ulcer, diabetes mellitus, Rh incompatibility and ABO incompatibility of newborn.5 So, the knowledge of the blood group distribution not only helps in understanding genetics, geographical information, inheritance pattern and there by determining the paternity but also it helps in predicting disease susceptibility and ensuring transfusion safety.It will also help in reducing the maternal morbidity and mortality rate by safe and sufficient
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