{"id":4946,"date":"2018-12-04T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2018-12-04T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:17:15","slug":"oneblood-leading-worldwide-search-locate-donors-florida-child-need-extremely-rare-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/oneblood-leading-worldwide-search-locate-donors-florida-child-need-extremely-rare-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"OneBlood leading worldwide search to locate donors; Florida child in need of extremely rare blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

By NewsLine Staff<\/em>
\nmail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n

OneBlood, the local not-for-profit blood center serving Florida and other parts of the southeast, is leading a worldwide search to find some of the rarest blood in the world.\u00a0 It\u2019s needed to help save two-year-old Zainab, a South Florida girl who is battling neuroblastoma, a very aggressive form of cancer.
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Zainab\u2019s blood is extremely rare because she is missing a common antigen that most people carry on their red blood cells. The antigen is called \u201cIndian B\u201d (Inb<\/sup>). 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.\u00a0 Locating people who are missing the Indian B antigen comes down to genetics.<\/p>\n

Statistically, the\u00a0only<\/u>\u00a0people who are likely to be a match for Zainab are people of Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent. Of these populations, less than 4 percent of the people are actually missing the Indian B antigen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be a match for Zainab a donor must meet the following criteria:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n