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Year : 2021  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 90

ABO and Rh blood groups distribution in Aleppo Province, Syria


1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo City, Syria
2 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, University of Aleppo, Aleppo City, Syria

Date of Submission07-Jun-2020
Date of Decision28-Jul-2020
Date of Acceptance08-Jul-2020
Date of Web Publication2-Feb-2021

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Ahmad Alhamid
Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, AlMouhafaza, University Square, Aleppo City
Syria
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_53_20

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Alhamid A, Alhamid A, Abdulsalam A, Nashed E, Kaddour SH. ABO and Rh blood groups distribution in Aleppo Province, Syria. Int J Health Allied Sci 2021;10:90

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Alhamid A, Alhamid A, Abdulsalam A, Nashed E, Kaddour SH. ABO and Rh blood groups distribution in Aleppo Province, Syria. Int J Health Allied Sci [serial online] 2021 [cited 2024 Mar 29];10:90. Available from: https://www.ijhas.in/text.asp?2021/10/1/90/308588



Sir,

ABO and RH blood group distribution shows significant variations among different geographical locations and ethnic groups. It is important to study the relative frequency of blood groups because of its role in genetics, blood transfusion, organ transplantation, forensic medicine, and its association with diseases.[1] This study was conducted to determine the ABO and Rh blood group distribution in Aleppo Province in the north of Syria.

The study was conducted in Aleppo University Hospital, the Central Health Center in Aleppo Province, during the period from April 15, 2019, to July 30 of the same year. We included 1576 patients whose blood was typed as a presurgery preparation, or for any indication of blood transfusion. Blood groupings were performed by standard slide method, using the anti-A, anti-B, and anti-D monoclonal antisera. The most common ABO blood group was “A” followed by “O,” “B,” and “AB.” RH positive was more common than RH negative.

Nearly 38.1%, 35.6%, 17.4%, and 8.9% of the patients were from blood groups A, O, B, and AB, respectively. RH +ve and RH −ve participants accounted for 87.1% and 12.9%, respectively. In more detail, 34.6% of the sample were A+, 3.5% were A, 29.8% were O+, 5.8% were O, 15.5% were B+, 1.9% were B, 7.1% were AB+, and 1.8% were AB−.

Literature regarding phenotypic and genotypic blood grouping in Syria is scarce and controversial. Most studies are conducted in Damascus, the capital of Syria.[1],[2] Only two conflicting, small-scale studies investigated the blood group distribution in Aleppo.[3],[4] Our study supported the findings of the study by Aljarad et al.,[4] which included healthy people presenting to Aleppo University Hospital.

The present study was conducted at a single center including 1576 patients. Larger-scale, population-based, multicentric, genetic studies are recommended to study the prevalence of blood group in Aleppo, and in Syria as a whole.

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Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.



 
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Kouki MA, Sulaiman AA, Kouki MT, Alsabbagh MM. Effect of ABO blood groups on periodontal status and on response to scaling and root planing. J Clin Diagn Res 2019;13:36-40.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
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Shanehsaz SM, Ishkhanian S. The relationship between blood group type and cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Aleppo. Egypt Dermatol Online J 2010;6:1-4. Available from: http://www.edoj.org.eg/vol006/0602/006/01.htm. [Last accessed on 2019 Dec 31].  Back to cited text no. 3
    
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Aljarad Z, Alhamid A, Aljarad S, Aljarad J, Abbas H, Tarabishi AS, et al. The relationship between Rh and ABO blood groups distribution and the incidence of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease: Case-control study. Arch Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018;1:32-7.  Back to cited text no. 4
    




 

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