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The distribution of the ABO and simple rhesus (D) blood groups in the Republic of Ireland from a sample of 1 in 37 of the adult population

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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1926-1967)

Summary

  1. 1.

    Previously published work on Irish blood groups is listed.

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    55,696 Irish ABO and simple Rh blood groupings are arranged according to the counties of birth of the donors of the bloods, and the county frequencies of the different groups are shown on maps.

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    The most striking feature of the ABO group pattern is the high incidence of group A in those areas of the Republic of Ireland which received the bulk of Anglo-Norman and later English population settlement since the 12th centurya.d.

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    There is more Rh-negative blood in the east of Ireland than in the west, and the reason for this is not clear, being possibly related to the population history of the country prior to the 12th centurya.d.

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    There is a need for the collection of more Irish ABO and Rh blood group data, and for the establishment of special blood grouping programmes to discover the frequencies of the genes of the other blood group systems in the main parts of Ireland.

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  1. School of Pathology, Trinity College, Dublin

    W. E. R. Hackett

  2. School of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin

    G. W. P. Dawson

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Hackett, W.E.R., Dawson, G.W.P. The distribution of the ABO and simple rhesus (D) blood groups in the Republic of Ireland from a sample of 1 in 37 of the adult population. Ir J Med Sci 33, 99–109 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02951249

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