Research Article

Demographics of Rhesus Phenotype of Blood Donors in Calabar: A Case Study of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Table 2

Distribution of rhesus phenotypes in the studied population.

Rhesus phenotypeFrequency (%)
Fisher notationWeiner shorthand

Rhesus positive
cDe/cDeR0R060 (46.2)
cDe/CDeR0R116 (12.3)
cDE/cdeR2r26 (20.6)
CDe/CDeR1R11 (0.8)
cDE/CdeR2r118 (13.8)
cDE/cDER2R2
cDE/CDER2Rz3 (2.3)
CDE/CDERzRz1 (0.8)

Rhesus negative
Cde/cder1r1 (0.8)
cde/cdeRr1 (0.8)