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HLA-B78


HLA-B78 (B78) is an HLAB serotype. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*78 gene products.[1] B78 is more common in West and North Africa, but is also scattered at low frequencies in parts of Asia. (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)

Serotype

B78 serotype recognition of some HLA B*78 allele-group gene products[2]
B*78 B78 other Sample
allele % % size (N)
7801 41 48 210



Allele frequencies

HLA B*7801 frequencies
freq
ref. Population (%)
[3] Fulani (Burkina Faso) 8.2
[3] Bandiagara (Mali) 6.9
[3] Niokholo Mandinka (Senegal) 5.3
[3] Mossi (Burkina Faso) 2.8
[3] Guinea Bissau 2.3
[3] Akan Adiopodoume (Ivory Coast) 2.3
[3] Tunis (Tunisia) 2.3
[3] Berber (Morocco) 1.4
[3] Rimaibe (Burkina Faso) 1.1
[3] New Delhi (India) 0.8
[3] Lisu (Yunnan, China) 0.7
[3] Beti (Cameroon) 0.6
[3] Majorca & Minorca (Spain) 0.6
[3] Gypsy (E. Andalusia, Spain) 0.5
[3] Tunisia 0.5
[3] Romanian 0.3
[3] Northeast Thailand 0.2
[3] Tibet (China) 0.6
HLA B*7802 frequencies
[3] Svans (Georgia) 0.6
[3] Arab Druse (Israel) 0.5
[3] Delhi (India) 0.5
[3] Southern Han (China) 0.2
[3] Beijing (China) 0.1

References

  1. Marsh SG, Albert ED, Bodmer WF; et al. (2005). “Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004”. Tissue Antigens. 65 (4): 301–69. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00379.x. PMID 15787720.
  2. derived from IMGT/HLA
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 Middleton D, Menchaca L, Rood H, Komerofsky R (2003). “New allele frequency database: http://www.allelefrequencies.net“. Tissue Antigens. 61 (5): 403–7. PMID 12753660. External link in |title= (help)

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