Research Article

The Genetic Polymorphisms of HLA Are Strongly Correlated with the Disease Severity after Hantaan Virus Infection in the Chinese Han Population

Table 2

The polymorphism and susceptibility of class I and II loci in the major histocompatibility complex to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Class, locusAllelesNumber of alleles studieddfResidual χ 2P

Class I
 HLA-A *02,*11,*31,*30,*33,*32,*01,*24,*03996.17 0.722
 HLA-B *13,*40,*15,*58,*51,*07,*46,*44,*35,*54,*48,*52121210.74 0.551
Class II
 HLA-DRB1 *07,*12,*04,*09,*11,*15,*14,*08,*03,*13101018.39 0.049

The alleles were selected for frequency >5%. Logistic regression was used for analysis. Locus in bold indicates that its polymorphism is linked to susceptibility to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Number in bold indicates a significant P value.