Frequencies of ABO and Rh (D) Blood Group Phenotypes in Pashtuns of North-Western Pakistan: A population undergoing huge demographic changes

Int J Immunogenet. 2021 Aug;48(4):336-339. doi: 10.1111/iji.12536.

Authors

Atta Ur Rehman¹, Ijaz Anwar², Abdur Rashid³, Sajid Malik⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
² Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
³ Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Higher Education Archives and Libraries Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Zoology, Human Genetics Program, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

PMID: 34236143
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12536

No abstract available

Keywords: ABO; antigens; blood donors; blood groups; epidemiology.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

ABO Blood-Group System / genetics*
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
Demography
Ethnicity / genetics*
Female
Gene Frequency / genetics
Humans
Male
Pakistan
Phenotype
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / genetics*

Substances

ABO Blood-Group System
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System