A study of ABO blood group and rhesus factor distribution among sample of Missan province population

الملخص EN

The distribution of ABO blood groups and Rh D factor have been studied among 926 individuals from Missan province, southern part of Iraq .

The results revealed that phenotype O was the most frequently group while group AB records the lowest percentage in the whole sample .The O, B, A and AB blood groups percentage, were as follows: 35.4% , 33.2% , 22.5% and 8.7% respectively.

Rhesus factor records: 88.66% for Rh+ and 11.34% for Rh-.

The allele frequencies of ABO blood groups were found to be: 0.5951 0.2385 and 0.1663 for i , IB and IA respectively, with Rh D allelic frequency as 0.6633 for D and 0.3367 for d respectively.