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Related: About this forumBlood donor needed for 2-yr old little girl fighting cancer
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https://wsvn.com/news/local/extremely-rare-blood-needed-to-save-two-year-old-south-florida-girl/
https://www.oneblood.org/zainab/
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Blood donor needed for 2-yr old little girl fighting cancer (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Dec 2018
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I wonder what kind of medical reason would require blood from certain people only
Fullduplexxx
Dec 2018
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NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)1. Rec'd and kicked for visibility. n/t
Fullduplexxx
(7,818 posts)2. I wonder what kind of medical reason would require blood from certain people only
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)3. From the link...
Zainabs blood is extremely rare because she is missing a common antigen that most people carry on their red blood cells. The antigen is called Indian B (Inb). For a person to be a possible match for Zainab, they must also be missing the Indian B antigen, or the little girl's body will reject the blood. Locating people who are missing the Indian B antigen comes down to genetics.
Statistically, the only people who are likely to be a match for Zainab are people of Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent. Of these populations, less than 4% of the people are actually missing the Indian B antigen.
I am type O Neg. A Universal Donor. Even that won't work in this case.
I'd hate to see this little girl come to harm for lack of a proper donor.