Frequency of Abo and Rhesus Blood Groups Among Tal Afar Population, Iraq

Abstract

This study has been carried out on a population very far from ours geographically, historically and culturallywithin Tal Afar ethnic nationalities in Iraq. This study was aimed to have information on the distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups among the people of Iraqi descent.The blood group O was the most prevalent (38.7%), followed by groups A (34.8%), B (19.4%), and the smallest one is AB (7.3%), and the Rh+ve were (86.1%) and Rh-ve were (13.9%).The allelic frequencies of O, A, and B alleles were 0.62178, 0.23658 and 0.1416 respectively.