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. 2015 Mar 1;19(3):171–179. doi: 10.1089/omi.2014.0134

Table 4.

Global β-S Haplotype Distribution from Previously Reported Data

β-S Haplotypes
Continents Countries Arab-Indian N* (%) Bantu/Car N (%) Benin N (%) Cameroon N (%) Senegal N (%) Atypical N (%) References
Africa Algeria 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 20 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Pagnier et al., 1984
  Angola 0 (0.0) 42 (95.5) 2 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Lavinha et al,. 1992
  Cameroon 3 (0.3) 5 (0.5) 799 (73.8) 207 (19.1) 2 (0.2) 66 (6.1) The present data
  Congo 0 (0.0) 211 (91.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 21 (9.1) Mouele et al., 1999
  Egypt 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 28 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) El-Hazemi et al., 1999
  Guinea 0 (0.0) 9 (22.5) 0 (0.0) 31 (77.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Sow et al., 1995
  Kenya 0 (0.0) 109 (98.2) 2 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Ojwang et al., 1987
  Madagascar 0 (0.0) 32 (91.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.9) 2 (5.7) Hewitt et al., 1996
  Mauritania 5 (5.6) 4 (4.4) 8 (8.9) 0 (0.0) 70 (77.8) 3 (3.3) Veten et al., 2012
  Nigeria 0 (0.0) 6 (1.0) 624 (93.2) 23 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 16 (2.4) Adekile et al., 1992
  Senegal 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 90 (100.0) 0 (0.0) Currat et al,. 2002
  Sudan 0 (0.0) 4 (2.8) 42 (29.4) 50 (35.0) 26 (18.2) 21 (14.6) Elderdery et al., 2012
  Tanzania 0 (0.0) 41 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Oner et al., 1992
  Tunisia 0 (.0) 9 (2.7) 201 (60.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 122 (36.7) Imen et al,. 2011
  Uganda 0 (0.0) 207 (99.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) Ndugwa et al., 2012
Asia India 128 (91.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (8.6) Mukherjee et al., 2004
  Bahrain 33 (89.2) 2 (5.4) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.7) Al-Arrayed,1995
  Iran 87 (53.7) 5 (3.1) 19 (11.7) 4 (2.5) 6 (3.7) 41 (25.3) Rahimi et al., 2003
  Iraq 16 (12.5) 10 (7.8) 89 (69.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (10.2) Al-Allawi et al., 2012
  Jordan 4 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 16 (80.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) El-Hazemi et al., 1999
  Kuwait 101 (80.8) 7 (5.6) 14 (11.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.4) Adekile, 2001
  Lebanon 10 (10.0) 15 (15.0) 73 (73.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.0) Inati et al., 2003
  Oman 31 (26.5) 25 (21.4) 61 (52.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Daar et al,. 2000
  Palestine (wb)# 0 (0.0) 6 (5.1) 104 (88.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (6.8) Samarah et al., 2009
  Saudi-arabia (se)^ 2 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 122 (98.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) El-Hazemi et al., 1999
  Syria 6 (33.3) 0 (0.0) 12 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) El-Hazemi et al., 1999
  United Arab Emirates 49 (52.0) 24 (26.0) 21 (22.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) El-Kalla & Baysal, 1998
North America Canada 0 (0.0) 7 (11.5) 30 (49.2) 8 (13.1) 8 (13.1) 8 (13.1) Oner et al., 1992
  Cuba 0 (0.0) 81 (40.9) 101 (51.0) 0 (0.0) 16 (8.1) 0 (0.0) Muniz et al., 1995
  Jamaica 0 (0.0) 37 (8.3) 339(76.0) 0 (0.0) 23 (5.2) 47 (10.5) Ndugwa et al., 2012
  Mexico 0 (0.0) 26 (78.8) 6 (18.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.0) Magana et al., 2002
  Trinidad 9 (3.2) 49 (17.3) 175 (61.8) 10 (3.5) 24 (8.5) 16 (5.7) Jones-Lecointe et al., 2008
  USA$ 12 (0.8) 129 (21.6) 503 (58.9) 38 (6.1) 76 (8.0) 48 (4.6) Crawford et al., 2002
South America Uruguay 0 (0.0) 6 (60.0) 2 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (20.0) Luz et al., 2006
  Brazil 1 (0.4) 104 (41.6) 138 (55.2) 3 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 3 (1.2) Adorno et al., 2008
  Colombia 1 (0.4) 68 (29.7) 76 (33.2) 10 (4.4) 10 (4.4) 64 (27.9) Fong et al., 2013
  Suriname 0 (0.0) 23 (29.9) 41 (53.2) 2 (2.6) 2 (2.6) 9 (11.7) Oner et al, 1992
  Venezuela 0 (0.0) 57 (32.2) 90 (50.8) 4 (2.3) 25 (14.1) 1 (0.6) Arends et al., 2000
Europe Portugal 0 (0.0) 14 (42.4) 12 (36.4) 0 (0.0) 7 (21.2) 0 (0.0) Lavinha et al., 1992
  Italy 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 64 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Schiliro et al., 1992
  Turkey 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 206 (96.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (3.3) Oner et al., 1992
  Greece 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (92.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1) 0 (0.0) Oner et al., 1992
*

N, number of chromosomes; #WB, West Bank; ^SE, South Eastern; $USA, combined African-American and Hispanic data.