2022
Volume 22, Number 3/4, pp. 57-58
Erythrocyte A1 and A2 antigens in blood donors
Sh. Gabaidze,1 I. Tsintsadze,2 M. Nagervadze1 and L. Akhvlediani2
1Faculty of Natural Sciences and Healthcare, Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, Georgia
2School of Medicine and Health Sciences, BAU International University, Batumi, Georgia
Blood samples from Georgian donors were tested for erythrocyte blood group antigens using monoclonal anti-A, anti-B and anti-A1 lectins. Phenotypes A1, A2, A1B and A2B were found but not equally distributed. The rarest phenotype was A2B.