Research Article

Mapping Rare Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Morocco: A Tool to Overcome Transfusion Challenges

Table 1

Rhesus phenotypes found in the different regions of Morocco.

RegionsRabat
(%)
Meknès
(%)
Tétouan
(%)
Safi
(%)
BeniMellal
(%)
Al-Hoceima
(%)
Oujda
(%)
Laayoune
(%)
Ouarzazate
(%)
Total
(Moroccan population)
(%)

48610213810022981231462128511848655630
CcDee18825 (38.727)794 (37.138)344 (34.331)102 (34.23)499 (40.536)181 (39.177)463 (36.031)48 (40.678)148 (37.860) 38.54
ccDee9444 (19.428)436 (20.393)164 (16.367)59 (19.8)229 (18.603)59 (12.771)214 (16.654)28 (23.729)111 (22.840)19.31
CCDee7396 (15.215)307 (14.359)200 (19.960)52 (17.45)200 (16.247)87 (18.831)232 (18.054)17 (14.407)84 (17.284)15.41
ccDEe4590 (9.442)209 (9.775)103 (10.279)23 (7.718)81 (6.580)40 (8.658)118 (9.1829)8 (6.7797)26 (5.350)9.34
ccddee3781 (7.778)184 (8.606)82 (8.184)34 (11.41)106 (8.611)49 (10.606)106 (8.249)13 (11.017)37 (7.613)7.90
CcDEe3660 (7.529)165 (7.717)87 (8.683)22 (7.383)97 (7.880)40 (8.658)109 (8.4825)1 (0.8475)28 (5.761)7.57
ccDEE529 (1.088)22 (1.029)14 (1.397)2 (0.671)11 (0.894)3 (0.649)21 (1.6342)1 (0.8475)10 (2.058)1.10
Ccddee270 (0.555)17 (0.795)5 (0.499)2 (0.67)17 (0.569)1 (0.216)7 (0.545)2 (1.695)3 (0.617)0.56
CCDEe38 (0.078)3 (0.140)2 (0.200)1 (0.336)1 (0.081)2 (0.433)3 (0.234)01 (0.206)0.09
ccddEe62 (0.128)1 (0.047)1 (0.100)1 (0.336)002 (0.156)02 (0.412)0.12
CCddee6 (0.0123)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.00010 (0.7782)0.0000.0000.03
CcDEE4 (0.0082)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.01
CcddEe3 (0.0062)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.005
ccddEE2 (0.0041)0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.004