Strong associations between HPV16 cervical cancer cases and amino acid positions 13 and 71 were found in HLA-DRB1 (P = 2.69 × 10−13 and 6.22 × 10−7 respectively), and position 156 in HLA-B (P = 4.93 × 10−8). The gene discussed is HLA-B; the disease is cervical carcinoma.