20Mar 2017

INCIDENCE OF RH NEGATIVE BLOOD GROUP IN BLOOD DONORS FROM HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE, INDIA.

  • Postgraduate Scholar, Dept Of Transfusion Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar Jammu And Kashmir,India.
  • Additional Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Head Transfusion Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Senior Resident, Dept Of Transfusion Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar Jammu And Kashmir, India.
  • Professor and Head , clinical hematology, SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
  • Senior Resident, Dept Of Transfusion Medicine, SKIMS, Srinagar Jammu And Kashmir, India.
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According to presence or absence of antigens, human blood can be divided into different blood groups. Rh blood group is one of the most complex blood groups in humans. Rh positive has D antigen while Rh negative lacks the D antigen. This one year study was done in which 600 blood donors were tested for Rh blood group in the blood-bank laboratory by test-tube method. 300 blood donors were from high altitude areas (above 5500ft the sea level), while the 300 blood donors were from plain areas, of Jammu And Kashmir State, India. In high altitude blood group donors 87% were Rh positive while 13% were Rh negative. In plain area blood donors 93% were Rh positive while 7% were Rh negative. Thus there is a high incidence (13%) of Rh negative donors in high altitude donors as compared to plain areas.


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[Naira Firdous Zargar, Aleem Jan, Arshad Hussan Siddiqie, Javaid Rasool and Irfan Khan. (2017); INCIDENCE OF RH NEGATIVE BLOOD GROUP IN BLOOD DONORS FROM HIGH ALTITUDE AREAS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 81-85] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr. Aleem JAn
Imeaunoheamatology and Transfusion Medicine

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3488      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3488