Table II.

Variant RHD alleles identified among D+ blood donors of African origin.

Variant RHD alleles*	Number	D phenotype predicted from RHD molecular analysis
Variant RHD allele present in the homozygous state or as a single RHD allele
DAU-3	5	Partial D
Weak D type 4.0	2	Partial D
Weak D type 4.2.2	3	Partial D
DIVa-2	2	Partial D
DFV	1	Partial D
DIII type5	2	Partial D
DOL-2	1	Partial D
Variant RHD alleles present in compound heterozygosity
DAU-3 + PSI	2	Partial D
Weak D type 4.0 + PSI	2	Partial D
DIVa-2 + PSI	1	Partial D
DIIItype5 + PSI	1	Partial D
DV type 1 + PSI	1	Partial D
DAU-5 + PSI	1	Partial D
DAU-3 + DAU-0	5	Partial D*
Weak D type 4.0 + DAU-5	1	Partial D
Weak D type 4.0 + DAU-0.1†	1	Partial D
Variant RHD alleles present in the heterozygous state
Normal RHD allele + PSI	18	D
Normal RHD allele + DIII type5	6	D
Normal RHD allele + Weak D type 4.0	6	D
Normal RHD allele + Weak D type 4.2.2	4	D
Normal RHD allele + DAU-5	4	D
Normal RHD allele + DIVa-2	3	D
Normal RHD allele + DAU-3	1	D
Normal RHD allele +DFV	1	D
Normal RHD allele + DAU-0.1	1	D

^*D antigen was considered as partial when it was encoded by two variant RHD alleles present in compound heterozygosity;

^†According to the Rhesus base classification (http://www.uni-ulm.de/%7Efwagner/RH/RB/).