title: Kidd blood group allele frequencies in Thai blood donors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We present Kidd blood group allele frequencies in Thai blood donors and compare them with other frequencies for other populations previously reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight hundred blood samples obtained from 500 central Thais and 300 northern Thais were genotyped by allele specific-PCR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that JK*01 and JK*02 allele frequencies were 0.503 and 0.497 in central Thais, while the frequencies were 0.498 and 0.502 in northern Thais. The JK*01 and JK*02 allele frequencies in Thais were similar to those in Chinese populations, whereas the frequencies were significantly different from Japanese, French Basques, and African-Americans.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first to report of Kidd blood group allele frequencies in Thais, which is beneficial for the prevention of both alloimmunization and adverse transfusion reactions.
authors.forename: Anan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudkaew
authors.forename: Kamphon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Intharanut
authors.forename: Nipapan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leetrakool
authors.forename: Oytip
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nathalang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001782:Blood Donors; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens