Variation of Rhesus Haplotype Frequencies in North Africans and in Worldwide Population Analyses

Halima, Abir Ben; Bahri, Raoudha; Esteban, Esther; Moral, Pedro; Chaabani, Hassen

doi:10.1080/09723757.2015.11886247

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“…Accordingly, our genetic studies (Bahri et al 2008, Ben Halima et al 2015 show a substantial degree of genetic homogeneity in the current Tunisian population. Moreover, Bahri et al 2012 showed that the two principal ethnic components, Berber and Arab, are genetically close and, therefore, have a common ancestry.…”

Section: The Cultural and Ethnic Homogeneity Of The Tunisian Populationmentioning

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The Tunisian Revolution “The free, youth revolution” from an anthropological perspective

Chaabani¹

2017

Int.J.Mod.Anthrop

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-In this paper I focus on the anthropological aspects of the TunisianRevolution of 2011 showing how anthropology could offer several angles of insight into the study of this revolution, which represents a new model of political revolutions. I show that this revolution has three major particularities: the young age of the revolutionaries, the independence of their thought and action, and their nonviolence. These particularities would not remove it from the political revolution category, but they mark a new step of paradigm change in the history of political revolutions. The behavior of the revolutionaries and their real objectives are among Muslim good morals, which are compatible with those adopted by the modern Western civilization and the Universal Moral Code. I present the dynamics of this revolution showing how it has removed immediate obstacles for reaching gradually its real objectives after the establishment of a new modern democrat constitution. In this paper, I also show how the ethnic and cultural homogeneity of Tunisian population has protected this revolution against attempts aiming to deviate it from its real objectives. As the spread of the political-religious terrorism is one of the major problems emerged after the launching of this revolution, I discuss the current causes of this spread and propose some initiatives that could be applied immediately for combating this terrorism at the cultural and intellectual levels. Moreover, I reveal its initial roots to provide a long-term strategy underlining, particularly, the need for a deep general review of all what falsely allocated to Islam and the motivation of Muslims to revitalize the real essence of Islam.

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The Tunisian Revolution “The free, youth revolution” from an anthropological perspective

Chaabani¹

2017

Int.J.Mod.Anthrop

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“… 2 However, one population may exhibit a high degree of similarity with a distant population that can be attributed to the common history of these populations. 3 …”

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ABO and Rh Antigen Distribution Among Pregnant Women in South Western Uganda

Mbalibulha¹,

Natukunda²,

Okwi³

et al. 2022

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Introduction ABO and Rh are the major blood group systems in Transfusion Medicine, the ABO system based on two red cell antigens (A, B) while the Rh has about 50 antigens of which five are highly clinically significant (D, C, c , E, e ). These vary among races and ethnic groups. Blood type phenotype incompatibility between mother and fetus may result in antigen mismatch, triggering alloimmunization, and thus causing hemolytic transfusion reaction (HTR), which results in hemolytic disease of fetus and newborn (HDFN). This study aimed to determine the frequencies of ABO and rhesus blood group antigen in the pregnant women in South Western Uganda. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out on 1369 pregnant women who were recruited and provided consent to participate during their regular antenatal visits between August 2020 and July 2021. Four milliliters (4mL) of EDTA-anti-coagulated blood samples were collected and ABO and Rh-blood grouping including Rh antigen screening was done using the agglutination technology comprised of glass beads and reagent contained in a column of the Ortho Biovue ID Micro Typing System (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, New Jersey, USA). The Rh antigen phenotypes and frequencies were then determined. Results There was percentage distribution of 99.8%, c 99.3%, D 94.3%, C 19.2% and E 15.9%, with Rh cDe/cDe (65.1%) being the most common phenotype followed by cDe/CDe (15%), cDe/cDE (10.8%) and cDE/cDE 0.1% least common. The ABO grouping frequency was obtained as O 49.4%, A 29.5%, B 17.0% and AB 4.1%, with D positivity at 94.3%. Discussion Population genetic variations result in varied expressions of red cell antigens that may have clinical complications. Knowledge of the presence of these Rh antigen distributions and phenotype frequencies during pregnancy help in rational management of the pregnancy, alloimmunization and better approach to safe blood transfusion.

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Investigation of the genetic structure of Kabyle and Chaouia Algerian populations through the polymorphism of Alu insertion markers

Badache

Boussetta

Elgaaeid

et al. 2019

Annals of Human Biology

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Variation of Rhesus Haplotype Frequencies in North Africans and in Worldwide Population Analyses

Cited by 5 publications

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The Tunisian Revolution “The free, youth revolution” from an anthropological perspective

The Tunisian Revolution “The free, youth revolution” from an anthropological perspective

ABO and Rh Antigen Distribution Among Pregnant Women in South Western Uganda

Investigation of the genetic structure of Kabyle and Chaouia Algerian populations through the polymorphism of Alu insertion markers

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