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VOL. 5, ISSUE 6 (2020)
Prevalence of sickle cell disease/ABO blood group among secondary school students: A case study of government day secondary school (GDSS) mile six Jalingo, Taraba state, Nigeria
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David Christopher Bando, Jummai Adamu Tutuwa, Funu Kefas, Polly Shingu Jesse, Blessing Smart Aigbogun, Garba Bwala Arhyel
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the haemoglobin electrophoretic patterns and distribution of ABO blood group among randomly selected students attending Government day secondary school Howui mile six Jalingo, Taraba State Nigeria. One hundred and thirty-nine (139) students selected at random constituted the subjects for this study. The standard method of cellulose acetate electrophoresis was used to determine the haemoglobin. A small quantity of haemolyste of vein puncture blood from each of the subjects was placed on a cellulose acetate membrane and carefully introduced into the electrophoretic tank containing Tris-EDTA-borate buffer at pH 8.6.
For the Haemoglobin phenotype ABO, ADAM Standard tile method of antigen-antibody reaction with the use of Anti-sera was used to examine the presences of agglutination. The result showed that; (106) 76.26% have HbAA haemoglobin, (32) 23.02% have HbAS haemoglobin, (1) 0.72% have HbSS haemoglobin. ABO blood group screened were as follows: group A+ (35) 25.18%, group B+, (30) 21.58%, group AB+ have (8) 5.76%, group O+ have (55) 39.57% were Rh. ‘D’ positive while the rest are Rh ‘D’ negative 2.87% (4) were group B- 1.44% (2) were group AB- 3.59% (5) were group 0-.
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Pages:70-75
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David Christopher Bando, Jummai Adamu Tutuwa, Funu Kefas, Polly Shingu Jesse, Blessing Smart Aigbogun, Garba Bwala Arhyel "Prevalence of sickle cell disease/ABO blood group among secondary school students: A case study of government day secondary school (GDSS) mile six Jalingo, Taraba state, Nigeria". International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, Vol 5, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 70-75
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