Identification of Four New HLA-B*44 Alleles

Maria Loginova^{1

2}, Nadezhda Morozova¹, Igor Paramonov¹

Affiliations

¹ Federal State-Financed Scientific Institution: Kirov Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Kirov, Russia.
² Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education: Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia.

Maria Loginova et al. HLA. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;106(2):e70379.

doi: 10.1111/tan.70379.

Maria Loginova^{1

2}, Nadezhda Morozova¹, Igor Paramonov¹

¹ Federal State-Financed Scientific Institution: Kirov Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Under the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Kirov, Russia.
² Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education: Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia.

Abstract

Four new HLA-B*44 alleles characterised by Next Generation Sequencing, HLA-B*44:431Q, -B*44:432Q, -B*44:433 and -B*44:434.

Keywords: HLA‐B*44; NGS; novel allele.

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