Abstract

CHIRIBOGA-PONCE, Rosa F. Frequency of Rh system phenotypes in voluntary blood donors. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2018, vol.52, n.3, pp.331-337. ISSN 0325-2957.

The Rh system is highly polymorphic. It is related to the production of alloantibodies and the hemolytic disease of the newborn. The antigens encoded by the RHD and RHCE genes form the Rh that is characteristic for each population. The RHCE variants have not been identified in the Ecuadorian population, constituting a risk of alloimmunization during pregnancy or in transfusions of incompatible blood components. Proof of this is the study carried out in Ecuador that determined an alloimmunization of 0.27% and the antibodies, more frequently belonged to the Rh system, results that motivated the realization of the present study. A total of 1298 samples from blood donors from 22 Ecuadorian provinces were analyzed. For the phenotyping, commercial antisera from the BIORAD house were used and cells of known phenotype for internal quality control. Identifying 20 phenotypes of the Rh system distributed heterogeneously in the 22 provinces, the most frequent was Rz/R0. In donors with weak D phenotype the most common was R2/r; whereas in Rh(D) negative donors was the r/r phenotype, these data demonstrate the variety of phenotypes in the Ecuadorian population and therefore the need for their timely detection.

Keywords : Alloimmunization; Phenotypes; Rh system; D antigen; Variants of D; Weak D; Partial d antigen VI; Blood donors.

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