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Table 3 HLA-B*5701 prevalence studies conducted in different regions across the world

From: HLA-B*57:01 allele prevalence in treatment-Naïve HIV-infected patients from Colombia

Country, publication year

Number of subjects

Prevalence

HLA-B*5701 screening recommendation

Reference

Australia, 2006

260

7.7%

Yes

[15]

Taiwan, 2007

320

0.3%

No

[18]

19 countries, 2008

1956

5.6%

Yes

[14]

Chile, 2010

492

2.2%

Yes

[23]

México, 2011

300

2%

Yes

[24]

Brazil, 2011

96

3.1%

Yes

[26]

Brazil, 2014

517

5.6%

Yes

[12]

Costa Rica, 2014

200

5%

Yes

[25]

Argentina, 2015

1646

4.9%

Yes

[27]

Iran, 2016

198

3%

HLA-B*5701 may reduce risk, but there are cost issues

[22]

USA, 2017

385

3.4%

Yes

[21]