TABLE 3.

HLA-DPB1 allele frequencies in the RV144 individuals

Allele	Overalla(2N=900)		By region of originb
			Central (2N=614)		Northeastern (2N=200)		Northern (2N=74)
	2N	AF	2N	AF	2N	AF	2N	AF
DPB1*01:01:01	22	0.024	16	0.026	5	0.025	1	0.014
DPB1*02:01:02	83	0.092	66	0.108	8	0.040	8	0.108
DPB1*02:02	42	0.047	29	0.047	10	0.050	3	0.041
DPB1*03:01:01	50	0.056	33	0.054	13	0.065	3	0.041
DPB1*04:01:01	112	0.124	76	0.124	24	0.120	11	0.149
DPB1*04:02:01	26	0.029	14	0.023	7	0.035	4	0.054
DPB1*05:01:01	201	0.223	142	0.231	36	0.180	21	0.284
DPB1*09:01:01	9	0.010	8	0.013	0	0.000	1	0.014
DPB1*10:01	4	0.004	2	0.003	0	0.000	1	0.014
DPB1*13:01:01	151	0.168	97	0.158	45	0.225	8	0.108
DPB1*14:01	42	0.047	27	0.044	12	0.060	2	0.027
DPB1*17:01	18	0.020	10	0.016	4	0.020	1	0.014
DPB1*19:01	4	0.004	2	0.003	2	0.010	0	0.000
DPB1*21:01	34	0.038	22	0.036	11	0.055	1	0.014
DPB1*23:01:01	2	0.002	2	0.003	0	0.000	0	0.000
DPB1*26:01:02	4	0.004	3	0.005	0	0.000	1	0.014
DPB1*27:01	1	0.001	1	0.002	0	0.000	0	0.000
DPB1*30:01	2	0.002	2	0.003	0	0.000	0	0.000
DPB1*31:01	15	0.017	9	0.015	5	0.025	1	0.014
DPB1*48:01	1	0.001	1	0.002	0	0.000	0	0.000
DPB1*93:01	1	0.001	0	0.000	1	0.005	0	0.000
DPB1*104:01	10	0.011	8	0.013	2	0.010	0	0.000
DPB1*105:01	13	0.014	10	0.016	2	0.010	1	0.014
DPB1*107:01	29	0.032	19	0.031	5	0.025	5	0.068
DPB1*135:01	8	0.009	5	0.008	3	0.015	0	0.000
DPB1*296:01	14	0.016	10	0.016	3	0.015	1	0.014

AF, allele frequency.

^aBased on 4-region classification.

^bSouthern region was excluded due to small sample size (2N=12).