HLA-A, -B and -Cw Allele Frequencies in a Nandi Population from Kenya

摘要

This population from Kipsamoite, located in Nandi district in Rift Valley Province of Western Kenya, Latitude 0 Longitude 35E consisted of 240 Black individuals of Nandi ethnicity. The individuals were drawn from a rural environment and HLA alleles were determined using sequence specific oligonucleotide probes. The results have previously been published in Tissue Antigens 63, 293 325, 2004. Alleles identical in sequence in exons 2 and 3 cannot be distinguished. Frequency is given under the first allele e.g. frequency for B*0705/B*0706 is given under B*0705. Consult IMGT database for list of indistinguishable alleles. The Nandi language belongs to the major linguistic Nilo Saharan and Eastern Sudanic Nilotic groups.