Ohyama et al. (1994). also have reported that this gene is associated with leprosy, so this locus may be a new independent associated locus. As variant “6-32626438-A-T′′ is located in HLA-DQB1, the relevant p values of the classical alleles of HLA-DQB1 measured are attached in Table 3. The gene discussed is HLA-DQB1; the disease is leprosy.