Author(s): Jesus, C ; Hesse, C ; Rocha, C ; Osório, N ; Valado, A ; Caseiro, A ; Gabriel, A ; Svensson, L ; Moslemi, AR ; Siba, WA ; Srour, MA ; Pereira, C ; Tomaz, J ; Teixeira, P ; Mendes, F
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/2286
Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Subject(s): Antigénios de Grupos Sanguíneos; Tipagem e Reações Cruzadas Sanguíneas; Antigénio de Forssman; Isoanticorpos; Animais; Oligossacarídeos
In 1987, three unrelated English families were reported with a putative blood subgroup called Apae. Swedish researchers later found evidence leading to abolishment of the Apae subgroup and establishment instead of the FORS blood group system (System 31 - ISBT, 2012). It is important to know the prevalence of antibodies in order to make the best decisions in transfusion medicine. Cells expressing the Forssman saccharide, such as sheep erythrocytes, are needed to detect the anti-Forssman antibody. The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of human anti-Forssman antibody.
