The Jk(a-b-) phenotype in New Zealand Polynesians.
The Kidd locus phenotype Jk(a-b-) was detected in 0.9 percent of Polynesians living in New Zealand. Over a period of 13 years, nine examples of anti-Jk3 were detected, one of which caused a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction. Other examples resulted in mild hemolytic disease of the newborn. The anti-Jk3 reacted as an inseparable antibody, confirmed that inheritance of the Jk(a-b-) phenotype was best explained by the presence of a silent Jk allele.
D000483:Alleles; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007667:Kidd Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009520:New Zealand; D010641:Phenotype; D011114:Polynesia / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D044465:White People
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D007667:Kidd Blood-Group System