HLA-B78

major histocompatibility complex (human), class I, B78
Alleles	B*7801 B*7802
Structure (See HLA-B)
Symbol(s)	HLA-B
EBI-HLA	B*7801
EBI-HLA	B*7802
Locus	chr.6 6p21.31

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

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
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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

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. Middleton D, Menchaca L, Rood H, Komerofsky R (2003). "New allele frequency database: http://www.allelefrequencies.net". Tissue Antigens. 61 (5): 403–7. doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00062.x. PMID 12753660. External link in |title= (help)