Open AccessPrevalence of Principal Rh Blood Group Antigens in Blood Donors at the Blood Bank of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India
Author(s) -
Deepthi Krishna Gundrajukuppam,
Sreedhar Babu Kinnera Vijaya,
Arun Rajendran,
Jothibai Dorairaj Sarella
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16621.7726
Subject(s) - blood bank , antigen , abo blood group system , medicine , rh blood group system , immunology , confidence interval , blood transfusion , antibody , emergency medicine
Rhesus (Rh) antigen was discovered in 1940 by Karl Landsteiner and Wiener. Due to its immunogenicity along with A, B antigens, Rh D antigen testing was made mandatory in pre-transfusion testing. Presently there are more than 50 antigens in Rh blood group system but major ones are D, C, E, c, and e. Very few reports are available regarding their prevalence in India and no reports are available from Andhra Pradesh.