Table 2 HBB locus haplotype classification for sickle cell anaemia patients from the US and Brazil.

From: Genetic comparison of sickle cell anaemia cohorts from Brazil and the United States reveals high levels of divergence

 

Sickle Cell

Brazil

Sickle Cell US

CAR

73.9%

10.0%

BEN

23.4%

63.3%

CAM

0.5%

8.3%

SEN

0.0%

6.7%

AI

0.0%

0.0%

Atypical

2.2%

11.7%

  1. Haplotypes were inferred in silico by haplotypeClassifier45. CAR: Central Africa Republic; BEN: Benin; CAM: Cameroon; SEN: Senegal; and AI: Arab-Indian.