I am new to HLA typing and related work. Could anyone show me precisely how I can compare my HLA class I alleles with those of other populations?

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Thomas M.C. Binder Popular answer

Dear Nicholas Nii-Trebi,

Please have a closer look to:

http://www.allelefrequencies.net/

Best regards,

Thomas

Thomas M.C. Binder

Dolores Pérez Méndez

Dear Nicholas,

You can read this paper to know more about this issue.

Dolores Pérez

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347896