Meet the editors

Professor Erhabor Osaro is a Chartered Scientist and fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science of London. He holds a Ph.D. in Immunohematology from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. He completed the University of Greenwich, UK Specialist Training in Blood Transfusion and Laboratory Quality Management System. He holds a Specialist Certificate in Transfusion Science Practice from the British

Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS). He is also an alumnus of Francis Tuttle College of Technology in Oklahoma, USA. His teaching experience spans both the African continent and Europe. Dr. Osaro is the chair of the equality and diversity working group of the BBTS and recipient of the Margaret Kenwright Scientist award from the same organization. He is a registered portfolio verifier/examiner for the Institute of Biomedical Science of London. He has authored five scientific books and five book chapters. A well-published contributor with more than 160 published articles in the fields of infectious diseases, occupational health, immunohematology, and transfusion medicine, Dr. Osaro is also an editorial board member and reviewer for several international scientific journals.

Professor Anjana Munshi, M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D., is head of the Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India. She is also Dean for the School of Health Sciences and Dean of Research at the Central University of Punjab. Her expertise includes stroke genetics, hemoglobinopathies, pharmacogenetics, molecular cancer biology, epilepsy and bioinformatics. She has published

125 papers in international peer reviewed journals and contributed to 20 book chapters in books published by reputed international publishing houses. She is a reviewer for several international research journals of global reputation.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Reactions

of a Sick Child in Cameroon

The Duffy Blood Group System *by Fatima A. Aldarweesh*

*and Iwueke Ikechukwu Polycarp*

Post-Transfusion Haemolytic Reactions *by Jolanta Korsak and Anna Piotrowska*

*by Osaro Erhabor, Tosan Erhabor, Teddy Charles Adias* 

*by Hassan Njifon Nsangou and Régine Scelles*

**Preface XI**

Disorders **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 39**

**Chapter 3 59**

Blood Groups **83**

**Chapter 4 85**

**Chapter 5 91**

**Chapter 6 113**

Distribution of Clinically Relevant Blood Group Antigens among Nigerians and the Management of Rhesus D Negative Pregnancies: Implications for Haemolytic Disease of the Foetus and Newborn and Haemolytic Transfusion

Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin and *Plasmodium falciparum* Malaria

Sickle Cell Anemia, Representations and Care: Experience of a Brother

Investigation and Management of Endocrinopathies in Thalassaemia Major

*by Edith Christiane Bougouma and Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima*

*by Kinda Al-Hourani, Jessica Lee Siew Hua and Parijat De*
