For each blood group system you must know the antigens, antibody class, phase of reactivity in vitro tests, clinical significance, and other important unique charcteristics.
Blood group | Enzyme treatment | Immunoglobulin type | Disease Association |
Kell Antigens: K (Kell), k (Cellano), Kpa, Kpb, Jsa, Jsb
| No effect | IgG | McLeod phenotype |
Duffy Fya and Fyb Dosage effect | Destroys Fya and Fyb | IgG | HTR and HDN Fy (a-b-) phenotype: resistant to malarial infection caused by Plasmodium vivax
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Kidd (Jk) Jka, Jkb, Jk3 Dosage effect, binds compliment | Enhanced | IgG | HTR and mild HDN Delayed Hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) Jk (a–b–) phenotype: resist lysis in 2M Urea |