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<b><i>RHD</i></b> PCR of D-Negative Blood Donors
Author(s) -
Franz F. Wagner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000351604
Subject(s) - medicine , blood donor , immunology , blood transfusion , immunization , antigen
RHD PCR of blood donors may be used to reveal weak D, partial D, DEL and chimeric D+/D- donors among presumed D-negative blood donors. Units donated by such donors pose a definite yet low risk for anti-D immunization of transfusion recipients. The frequency of DEL donors among D-negative donors is 1:350 to 1:2,000 in Europe and up to 1:5 in Asian countries. Different strategies for RHD PCR of blood donors have been used. Probably, the most cost-efficient implementation is replacement of sensitive D antigen testing with the indirect antiglobulin test by RHD PCR in pools which might even reduce total testing cost.

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