HLA-A, -B and -C allele and haplotype frequencies defined by next generation sequencing in a population of 519 English blood donors

Abstract

Whole gene next generation sequencing was used to determine the HLA class I haplotype and allele frequencies in a cohort of 519 English blood donors. This is the first report of HLA frequencies at third field resolution in a UK population with a total of 33, 52 and 30 alleles identified for HLA-A, -B and -C, respectively. Of the 1411 haplotypes determined, 281 had a frequency of greater than 0.05%. Data are available from the Allele Frequencies Net Database under the population name 'England Blood Donors of Mixed Ethnicity', identifier 3392.

Keywords: HLA allele frequencies; HLA haplotype frequencies; Next generation sequencing.