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* A map of the Duffy antigen distribution has been produced.<ref name="Howes_2011">{{cite journal | author = Howes RE, Patil AP, Piel FB, Nyangiri OA, Kabaria CW, Gething PW, Zimmerman PA, Barnadas C, Beall CM, Gebremedhin A, Ménard D, Williams TN, Weatherall DJ, Hay SI | title = The global distribution of the Duffy blood group | journal = Nat Commun | volume = 2 | issue = 4| pages = 266 | year = 2011 | month = April | pmid = 21468018 | pmc = 3074097 | doi = 10.1038/ncomms1265 |bibcode = 2011NatCo...2E.266H }}</ref> The most prevalent allele globally is FY*A. Across sub-Saharan Africa the predominant allele is the silent FY*B<sup>ES</sup> variant.
* In Iran the Fy (a-b-) phenotype was found in 3.4%.<ref name=Keramati2011>Keramati MR, Shakibaei H, Kheiyyami MI, Ayatollahi H, Badiei Z, Samavati M, Sadeghian MH (2011) Blood group antigens frequencies in the northeast of Iran. Transfus Apher Sci 45(2):133-136</ref>
== Clinical significance ==
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