B49 and B21 serotype recognition of some more common HLA B*49 alleles
B*49
B49
B21
Sample
allele
%
%
size (N)
4901
94
1
3002
Allele distribution
HLA B*4901 frequencies
freq
ref.
Population
(%)
Portugal North
8.7
Spain Basque Gipuzkoa Province
6.1
Madeira
5.9
Cameroon Yaounde
5.4
Morocco Nador Metalsa (Berber)
5.1
Kenya Nandi
4.6
Sudanese
4.3
Portugal South
4.1
Tunisia Tunis
4.0
India Jalpaiguri Toto
3.8
Senegal Niokholo Mandenka
3.7
Uganda Kampala
3.7
Spain Eastern Andalusia
3.5
Tunisia
3.5
Georgia Tbilisi Kurds
3.4
Spain Catalonia Girona
3.4
Italy North (1)
3.3
Cameroon Beti
3.2
Israel Ashkenazi and Non Ashkenazi Jews
3.2
Guinea Bissau
3.1
France South East
2.7
Israel Arab Druse
2.5
Mali Bandiagara
2.5
Jordan Amman
2.4
Tunisia Ghannouch
2.4
Georgia Tbilisi Georgians
2.3
Saudi Arabia Guraiat and Hail
2.2
Cameroon Bamileke
1.9
Czech Republic
1.9
Georgia Svaneti Svans
1.9
Macedonia (4)
1.9
Bulgaria
1.8
Romanian
1.6
Italy Bergamo
1.1
Zambia Lusaka
1.1
Belgium
1.0
China North Han
1.0
India Andhra Pradesh Golla
1.0
Ireland Northern
1.0
South African Natal Zulu
1.0
References
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