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HLA-B78

Introduction

HLA-B78 (B78) is an HLA–B 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

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

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
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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

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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