Identification of a novel recombinant allele, HLA-DPB1*835:01:01:02, in Black South African individuals

HLA. 2019 Dec;94(6):549-551. doi: 10.1111/tan.13680. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Shayne Loubser^{1

2}, Stanford Kwenda^{1

3}, Dhriti Sengupta⁴, Caroline T Tiemessen^{1

2}

¹ Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
² National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
³ Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
⁴ Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.

Abstract

Genetic characterisation of a novel intra-locus recombinant allele, HLA-DPB1*835:01:01:02, in Black South African individuals.