Open AccessPrevalence of ABO and Rh blood groups and their association with Transfusion-Transmissible Infections (TTIs) among Blood Donors in Islamabad, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Yousaf Khan,
Farwa Sijjeel,
Ahmareen Khalid,
Rukhshan Khurshid,
Umm E Habiba,
Hina Majid,
Mashal Naeem,
Basharat Nawaz,
Basharat Nawaz,
Safdar Abbas,
Noor Ul Ain Malik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bioscientific review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-4201
pISSN - 2663-4198
DOI - 10.32350/bsr.0304.02
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , hbsag , syphilis , medicine , hepatitis b , blood transfusion , hepatitis b virus , incidence (geometry) , immunology , rh blood group system , hepatitis c , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antibody , virus , physics , optics
Certain Rh positive blood groups showed a link between the ABO blood grouping and susceptibility to some infectious ailments. Study was carried out to find the association of ABO Blood Group System / Rh type with different viral infection. A retrospective observational study was carried in 7631 blood donors to find the association of ABO Blood Group System / Rh type with viral infection due to hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus and Syphilis. Data of the study indicateF that the highest incidence of blood group in blood donor was B followed by O, A and AB. The incidence of HBsAg +ve, HCV Ab +ve and infection of Syphilis was also highest in donor with blood group B followed by O, A and AB. Blood group A were more susceptible to HIV Ab +ve followed by blood group B, O and AB. The group B donors had the greatest risk of viral infection with HBV, HCV, HIV, and Syphilis; followed by the groups O, A, and AB. Donors in group AB had the lowest incidence rate of all viral infection. The study revealed that blood group B is most prevalent among donors, followed by blood groups O, A, and AB. On the other side, the rate of HBV, HCV, HIV, and Syphilis infection was greatest among group B donors, followed by group O, group A, and group AB.
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