HLA-B*82 (B*82) is an HLA-B allele-group. There is no current useful serotyping for HLA-B*82 gene products.[1] B*8201 was first identified by sequence analysis and appears to be derived by gene conversion between B*5602 and another HLA class I allele.,[2] later B*8202 was identified in a caucasian and was suggested to be ancestral to B*8201, as product between gene conversion of B*5602 allele and B*4501 allele. B*82 is more common in East Africa, Kenya and Sudan, the frequency of B*8201 is found in the peoples to the west, sporadically in Central and West Africa, and B*8202 is found in Sudan and Saudi Arabia.[3]
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^Cox ST, Hossain E, McWhinnie A, Prokupek B, Madrigal JA, Little AM (2000). "HLA-B*8202 identified in a Caucasoid potential bone marrow donor". Tissue Antigens. 56 (2): 188–91. doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.560216.x. PMID11019925.