Table 1.
Distribution of susceptible level to adult T‐cell leukemia (ATL) or HTLV‐1‐asociated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) by human leukocyte antigen alleles
ATL (ethnicity) | HAM/TSP (ethnicity) | |
---|---|---|
A*24 | + | +++ (Japanese) |
A*26 | +++ (Japanese) | + |
A*36 | +++ (Afro‐Caribbean) | + |
B*07 | + | +++ (Japanese) |
B*4002/6 | +++ (Japanese) | + |
B*4801 | +++ (Japanese) | + |
DRB1*0101 | + | +++ (Japanese, Iranian) (Brazilian, Afro‐Caribbean) |
DRB1*0901 | +++ (Japanese) |