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Table 1 Alleles previously associated with either protection or susceptibility to HTLV-1 associated diseases

From: HLA-B*35 as a new marker for susceptibility to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in patients living in Argentina

Country/Continent

(Reference)

N, Population

Protective allele

Detrimental allele

Africa [52]

N = 45, Ac

N = 49, ATLL

N = 51, NII

HLA-A*36

HLA-B*18

Brazil [18, 19]

N = 71, HTLV-1 + 

N = 188, NII

HLA-A*02 (HAM)

HLA-A*26 (ATLL)

N = 53, Ac

N = 55, HAM

HLA-A*02

Spain [14]

N = 40, Ac

N = 20, HAM

HLA-B*5401 absent

HLA-B*07

Iran [22, 24, 49]

N = 74, Ac

N = 58, HAM

HLA-B*5401

Iranian

N = 74, Ac

N = 58, HAM

Kagoshima

N = 184, Ac

N = 222, HAM

HLA-Cw*08

N = 20, HAM

N = 30, Ac

No association:

HLA-A*02

HLA-A*24

HLA-Cw*08

Jamaica [17, 28]

N = 45, Ac

N = 25, ATLL

HLA-A*02

HLA-A*33

HLA-A*03

HLA-A*36

N = 56, ATLL

N = 59, HAM

HLA-A*03

HLA-B*15

HLA-B*53

Japan [16, 20, 23, 53]

N = 34, ATLL

N = 55, HAM

N = 241, AC

HLA-A*26 (ATLL)

HLA-B*61 (ATLL)

HLA-B*07 (HAM)

HLA-Cw*07 (HAM)

N = 175, NII

N = 152, Ac

N = 124, ATLL

N = 148, HAM

HLA-A*26

HLA-B*4002

HLA-B*4006

HLA-B*4801

N = 233, HAM

N = 202, NII

HLA-A*02

HLA-Cw*08

HLA-B*5401

N = 201, Ac

N = 232, HAM

HLA-A*0201

HLA-Cw*0801

HLA-B*5401

Peru [21]

N = 71, HAM

N = 94, Ac

HLA-A*02

  1. Ac asymptomatic carriers, HAM/TSP HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis, ATLL Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma, NII Non-infected Individuals, HLA Human leukocyte antigen