Resende Lucilene Silva Ruiz E, da Silva Adaize Pereira, Garcia Patrícia Carvalho, de Oliveira Francisco Szneczuk, Bueno Lais Melício Cintra, Secco Valéria Nogueira Dias Paes, Zanini José Mauro, Rahal Sheila Canevese, Teixeira Carlos Roberto
Hematology Service, Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Botucatu Medical School, Immunohematology Laboratory of the Blood Bank University Hospital, São Paulo State University - UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
J Med Primatol. 2018 Dec;47(6):355-361. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12369. Epub 2018 Sep 4.
Investigation of erythrocyte antigens in New World monkeys, especially in the Brazilian ones, is scant and incomplete.
Determining the presence of 29 erythrocyte antigens from 11 human blood group systems (ABO, H, Rh, Kell, Duffy, Kidd, Lewis, P, MNS, Lutheran and Diego) on erythrocytes in nine Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.).
A majority (20 of 29) of human erythrocyte antigens were not found in this monkey genus. Erythrocyte phenotyping was very similar within this animal group, as five Capuchin monkeys differed from the other four in the ABO system only.
The erythrocyte phenotype for this group of animals is less diversified than in humans. Some monkey erythrocyte antigens were similar in frequency, whereas others were different from those observed in human ethnicities.