Bv: a distinct category of B sub-group among Chinese blood donors in Hong Kong.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3148.1992.tb00146.x

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Bv: a distinct category of B sub-group among Chinese blood donors in Hong Kong.

Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 1992

Mak K H, Voak D, Chu R W, Leong S, Chua K M

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During the period 1984-1989, a total of 46 examples of Bv phenotype were encountered out of a total of 567,210 donors, giving an incidence of 1 in 12,330 among the Chinese in Hong Kong. The Bv determinant corresponds to the portion of the B antigen that is present on rabbit red cells, and gives a negative reaction with polyclonal anti-B reagents absorbed with rabbit red cells that still react with B3. Some potent...

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ABO Blood-Group System
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Blood Donors
China
Epitopes
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Hong Kong
Humans
Phenotype

Rabbits

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