title: Mapping rare erythrocyte phenotypes in morocco: a tool to overcome transfusion challenges.
abstract: The aim of this research is to search for the distribution of blood groups in all the regions of Morocco. This study, done for the first time, aimed to provide the frequency of the Rhesus system and Kell (K) in more than 55000 blood donors from nine different regions around the country. In addition, the frequency of the Cellano, Duffy, Kidd, and MNS blood antigens was searched for 500 blood donors from the Rabat's region. Frequency of blood donors with rare blood groups was characterized for the first time in the country and compared to results found from other populations.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco ; Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benahadi
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco ; Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boulahdid
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco ; Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adouani
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco ; Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laouina
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokhtari
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biométrie, Faculté des Sciences, University Ibn Tofaïl, Kenitra, Morocco.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soulaymani
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hajjout
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benajiba
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Rue Lamfadal Charkaoui, Madinat Al Irfane, BP 180, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alami
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