MedicineHematologyPediatricsClinical ImmunologyPediatric HematologyPediatric ImmunologyAntibody ScreeningBlood Group SerologyDonor-specific AntibodiesAbo Blood Group AntigensAbo Blood Group TypingCarrier State Prevalence
from several laboratories and the method of Prince.4 484 (6-05%) of the donors were carriers of Au(I), while 13 (0.16%) had the antibody.There was a monthly variation in the prevalence of Au(I) antigenaemia, varying from 3-8% in May to 10-1% in April (see Table ).There was no correlation between the Au(l) carrier state and ABO blood group or haemoglobin genotype.Au(I) was prevalent in all age groups but commonest in the second and third decades.Among 423 school children aged between 4 and 20 years who lived in two boarding houses in Ibadan Au(I) was present in 29 (6.7%) and the antibody in 1 (0 24%).There were 208 girls and 215 boys in the study population; 11 (5.3%) of the girls and 18 (8 4%) of the boys had the antigen.The only student with anti- body was a 17-year-old girl.