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HLA-B35 frequency variations correlate with malaria infection in Sardinia

Tissue Antigens, ISSN: 0001-2815, Vol: 52, Issue: 5, Page: 452-461
1998
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The hypothesis of a possible selective role of malaria in HLA allele frequency variations was investigated in Sardinia by typing completely 1039 individuals for HLA: 536 from six lowland villages exposed to malaria until 1948, and 503 from six highland villages with no history of malaria. Another 1928 individuals from 136 villages scattered all over the island were studied to establish if the HLA allele frequencies among villages correlated with the malaria incidence and/or altitude above sea level. Only the HLA-B35 allele yielded significantly higher frequencies in the lowland versus the highland villages (P < 1 x 10). The observed B35 variance was 9.5 times higher than expected in the absence of selection, showing an adaptive origin. The highly significant positive correlation found between HLA-B35 frequency and malaria in 136 villages suggests that malaria has been the selective factor for HLA-B35 in Sardinia.

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L. Contu; C. Carcassi; S. Orrù; M. Mulargia; M. Arras; R. Boero; S. Gessa; A. L. Loizedda; S. Lai; L. Floris

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Medicine; Immunology and Microbiology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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