A new blood group, Ael has been identified in a blood donor at an Ahmedabad hospital, perhaps the first documented case of this group in the country.
About Ael
- This rare blood group was found at Shalby Hospital Ahmedabad’s blood bank recently in the blood sample of Mr. Aman Jain, a 30-year-old blood donor from Jabalpur.
- Ael has the least amount of A antigen among A subgroups and can only be detected through special tests.
- Experts believe there are only 40 to 50 people with this blood group in the world, mainly in Southeast Asia.
Blood groups
- There are four blood groups A, B, AB and O, and negative versions of them. People with O type of blood group are universal donors and those with AB are universal recipients.
- AB negative is considered to be a rare blood group among the eight blood groups that we know about.
Rare blood groups
- There are other rarest of rare blood groups about which people hardly know.
- There are a few other rare blood groups and rare phenotypes reported from India including Bombay group, Indian blood group phenotypes like In(a+), In(b-), In5- (INRA-), and other rare phenotypes like Colton-null, Emm-null, P-null, and Rh-null.
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