“…Studies examining HLA-I types in Casablanca, the largest region of Morocco, reported that the most frequent types were HLA-A2 (21%), -A1 (11%), -A3 (10%), -B44 (11.4%), -B50 (9.9%), -B5 (8.5%) and -B35 (6.5%) [4]. Similarly, in the Amazigh ethnic group, the most frequent alleles were HLA-A*0201, A*0101; HLA-B*4403, B*4402, B*0801, B*5001, B*5002; HLA-Cw*0602, Cw*070101, Cw*070102, Cw*0702, Cw*0704, and Cw*0706, Cw*040101 [5]. Molecular typing of HLA-II in Amazigh group (Souss) revealed high frequencies for DRB1*0701, DRB1*0301, DQA1*0501, DQA1*0201, and DQB1*0201 [6].…”