Five hundred and sixty four students and some staff who come for medical examinations were randomly selected from the university in the university Health services department for ABO, RH blood groups and six haemoglobin genotype studies. Blood group O was the highest with percentage frequency of (63% ) followed by group A (23.1%), B(11.7%) and the least percentage frequency was AB which (2.3%) the Rh D distribution also varies among the four ABO blood groups. O had the highest percentage of 60%, followed by B which was 23.3% and the least with A which was 16.7% and now for AB. Rh D positive was 94.7% and that of Rh D negative was 5.3%. When the students and staff were screened for haemoglobin genotypes, the percentage frequency for haemoglobin genotypes were HbAA, HbAS, HbSS, HbAC and HbSC were respectively
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